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6 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE ‘SUNDAY, APRIL" 4, CHICKAMAUGA. The Story of the Great Battle Told by Gen. ‘Turchin, Who Commanded a Brigade of Illinois Troops in That Memorable - Conflict, The Reverses of the Federal Forces, and Rebel Strat- egies. The Victory at Last Over the Qut- mumbering Strength of the - Enemy. A Battle Without a Plan Gained Alone « by the Pluck of the Ranks. [Chapter XXVI. from General Sunk, @ Story Pt ae War by Ganon Ee Ture Gen. Rosecrans, knowing that the enemy’s army was considerably weaker than his own, conceived a bold plan of campaign, by which he wished to compel the enemy not only to evacuate Chattanooga, but toretreat clear _down to Rome and Kingston. With this ob- “Sect in view, he crossed with McCook’s and sexe ‘Thomas’ army corps the Tennessee River at Bridgeport, Battle Creek, and Shell Mound, and took them by the roughest roads possible across the Raccoon Mountains into the Trenton Valley, between Raccoon and Lookout Mountains. From there he ordered McCook to march up the Trenton Valley, cross Lookout Mountain, and direct his corps toward Alpine, south- west of Lafayette, while Thomas was or- dered to cross Lookout Mountain above ‘Trenton into McLamore’s Cove by Stevens Gap, and take the direct road to Lafayette; meantime ordering a brigade of Crittenden’s corps, concentrated opposit Chattanooga, to cross the Tennessee River into Trenton Val- ley, and, bya rough path called Nickajack ‘Trace, to climb the Lookout and occupy Chattanooga after the enemy evacuated it. As soon as these movements commenced to be executed, Gen. Bragg, commanding the, Rebel army, withdrew from Chattanooga, taking the bulk of it towards Lafayette, posting its divisions along the main road be~ hind the Pigeva Mountain. Our detached brigade entered Chattanooga, the whole of Crittenden’s corps crossed the Tennessee River by the town, and was ordered to push along the Chattanooga & Atlanta Railroad to Ringgold and beyond, accompanied bya portion of our cavalry under Col. Minty and Wilder’s mounted infantry brigade,—the balance of our cavalry, under Gen, Mitchell, being with McCook and Thomas’ corps. After ascending the Lookout, Fhomas took the direct road leading to Stevens’ Gap, di- recting Turchin to take his brigade on the branch road leading to Cooper’s Gap. Neg- ley’s division, being in advance of Thomas’ corps, descended into McLamore’s Cove through Stevens Gap and moved across the cove without opposition, but its advance, ap- proaching the Dug Gap leading across Pigeon Mountain, was met with resistance. Negley formed most of his division and spiritedly at- tacked the enemy, but found him too strong, and, being threatened in his left flank by a large Rebel force, fell back to the foot of the Lookout by Stevens Gap. Turchin, ap- proaching the descent into McLamore’s Cove, at Coopers Gap, could see from the top of .the.. mountam the Negley’s tight in the distance, and his retreat. ~He .descended into the valley, drove back the Rebel vedets posted at the foot of the mountain, and went into camp, most of ‘the troops of Thomas’ division bivouacking in the yalley. This was on the 10th of Sep- tember, 1863. Next.morning Negley moved again to- wards the Dug Gap, supported by Baird’s division, while Turchin moved to Cattlet’s Gap, but both the gaps were found strongly: sealed by the enemy. ie, ‘The main road leading from McLamore’s Cove te Chattanooga, after passing Crawfish Spring, southwest of Gordon’s Mill, branches in two, the right branch leading into the main Lafayette and Chattanooga road, while the * left branch leads into the Chattanooga Valley and Dry Valley. The divisions of Thomas’ corps took positions between Dug Gap and Crawiish Spring, the headquarters of the army being at Crawfish. LET US LOOK atthe situation. Rosecrans was under the impression that the enemy was in full retreat to Rome and Kingston, and that he would have the sport of chasing him. To enjoy the run he séattered his army corps so, that while ‘Thomas was in McLamore’s Cove, McCook was not far from Alpine, some twenty-five ailes to the right: of Thomas, with an ex- ceedingly rougii stretch of country between, while Crittenden was at Ringgold, twenty imiles to the left of Thomas. What was the enemy doing? Bragg drew Buckner’s corps of two strong divisions from the East Tennessee, and Walkers corps of two divisions from Georgia, and he was _ assured of strong reinforcements from the East. Of his old army he had Polk’s corps of two di- visions and Hill’s corps Of two divisions. He had new eight divisions concentrated at Lafayette and north of it, against four divis- ions of Thomas, thus having two men to our one. There was an opportunity for Bragg to five us a stunning blow by crushing our isolated army corps in detail. He tried to concentrate against Thomas and crush him on the 10th, but circumstances prevented to have his plan fully carried out. Thomas be- came careful after the warning and shifted his divisions to the left. Bragg lost the next day in inactivity, and on the 11th Crittenden with his corps made a flank movement from Ringgold to Gordon’s Mill, and. connected with Thomas. Bragg saw that his game was ‘up, and was lying still. ROSECRANS RECEIVED A DISPATCH from Gen. Halleck from Washington, dated Sept. 11, in which among other thing: ae ns said: ‘Rebel deserters report thi receiving reinforcements from Bragg,” which was but the repetition of a stratagem so often used ‘by ‘the Rebels in the east pte. deceive 62s in Washington, yet. is formation gave the desired” food for the belief of Rosecrans that the enemy was weak, and that he woludgivehim yeta chase, and caused him to be dilatory in “ordering McCook b: forced marches to join Thomas. McCook received orders to join Thomas on the 13th. He had to cross the Lookout back into Trenton Valley, to march down the valley, tocrossagain the Lookout by Stevens’ Gap in order to join Thomas; it took him four days to do it, So that hardly on the 17th he made the connection. On- that day only: Rosecrans began to think that things were getting serious, because our cayalry under inty, dur- ing the last three Says, was from beyond Ringgold back to the Chattanooga and Lutayette road, and even after it took a position across that road on our extreme left it had been attacked by the enemy in force and driven off. That showed plainly that the enemy was massi against our left, and the immense clouds of dust ris- ing behind Pigeon Mountain showed clearly that the enemy’s columns were moving orth. Restter taking into consideration all these ominous signs and ving information to the effect that there were reinforcements coming to the enemy by rail, and landing at Dalton, the duty of Gen. Rosecrans was to Withdraw his army by a@ forced march to- wards. Chattanooga, commencing the movement as possible, so as to be ahead of the rebel army and to prevent es bei dan, rons: of tacks: the attac! h awas atieto ‘do it would he utilize the night from 1ith to 18th, but he did not do it. oar Next day, the 18th, Thomas was shifting his divisions towards Crawiisht a Fane, Ate” Cook taking the former positio! 1¢ 3 Crittenden lay sit Gor- a th Pe ee a h cannon OS Mi a a : : sons the. ane y was more concentrated during the 18th, but its general Position un- changed. $ LOOK AT THE of the ¢ ond between Gordon’s Mill and Posseville. Lafayette and Chattanoa, road from Gordon’s Mill runs straight north for eight miles, but striking the Mission , running from southwest to northeast, makes a bend fo the left to cross that ridge, then by Rosseville, a hamlet on the north slope of-the-ridge, continues north again to Chattanoogh. River West Chicka- mauga having its general eaurse from south- west to northeast also, runs from Gordon’s Mill in a divergent direction from the main Lafayette and Chattanooga road, making in- numerable bends-or crooks. It has quite a number of fords and is bridged on several roads leading from southeast to Chattanooga, but its banks are mostly steep and rough. The ground between Chickamauga River and Mission Ridge is andulating, gradually rising and becomilias more. broken as it approaches the ridge. ‘The eastern slope of the Mission Ridge, with its spurs and gulleys, presents a very advantageous ground for defense. Along the main road are farmsand open! and there areopenings along the Chickamaga River also, but the intermediate ground be- tween the openings on the road and the open- ings on the river js covered with woods clear enough for the passage of artillery. The ridge and its spurs are covered with timber, and passable for carriages only on the roads. The principal crossings over Chickamauga River below Gordon’s Mill. were at Dalton ford, about two miles below the mill, Alex- ander bridge, four miles further down, and Reed’s bridge, nearly four miles below Alex- ander bridge. Rene While our army was 5) ig and closing up during the i of September, what was the enemy doing? Bragg, being sure of Longstreel’s corps coming to reinforce him, was moving his columns north and.securing the crossings over Chickamauga. Towards evening most of Poik’s, Hill’s, and Buckner’s were across the river by Dalton ford; “Walker secured Alexander’s bridge, but did “not cross the river; B. R. Johnsour’s division of Longstreet’s corps came up from Dalton and stood opposit Reed’s bridge. Now Rosecrans decided to steal a march upon the enemy during the night from the isth to the 19th. ‘The trains were directed to move by the roads nearest to Lookout Mount- ain, and then by the Chattanooga Valley and Dry Valley roads, to Chattanooga. Thomas’ ama. * MecCook’s _troo took the road leading into the main Lafayette and Chatta- nooga road, while Crittenden remained in the same position: opposit Gordon’s Mill. ‘There were then seven divisions moving on a single road with their artillery. In the day- time an army corps could form two or three columns and march them. abreast, the artil- Tery following the road, the infantry march- ing on its sides through woods and fields, and make easily fifteen miles in eight hours; but in the night-time it cannot be done, It was the most TEDIOUS, AND WEARISOME MARCH} slow in the extreme; there was more stop- ping than marching. ‘The distance made by these troops during the whole sleepless night could have been easily made in three hours early in the morning. The night was dark and Torey. allfences along the road were ei a burnin: ing set on fire by some mischiev- ous soldiers; the ammunition train was mixed .up with infantry; a wagon, stopping for some trifling cause, would detain is- ions for an hour; sometimes a whole train of wagons filled with ammunition would follow the burning fence dangerously close; some- times an ammunition wagon would dart across the burning rails. It was a wonder that no explosion of the most fatal kind hap- pened during that night. The air was thick with smoke, heavy and oppressive in the treme, as if the breathing of 150,000 of trOdps and about 15,00 animals,zgglomeratedin close proximity, made the airfouland unendurable. The troops, jaded and f fatigued, stopped with the morning dawn to rest, and where was the head of Thomas’ column? About two miles north of Gordon’s Mill, over ten miles from Chattanooga. | After a short rest the army moved again. Brannan’s division first, then Baird’s; then Reynolds, then Johnson, then Palmer and ‘Van Cleve and Wood, Davis and Sheridan tarrying near Gordon’s Mill, -Negley way ‘in the rear. It was known that at Jeast the largest part of the enemy’s army; if not the whole of it, Was on our side of the Chicka- mauga River, and that the balance were hurrying to cross ‘it, ‘and that: we were executing a flank movement under the eyes of the enemy ‘waiting for us in an ambush, ready to spring up and attack. Yet instead of moving our army corps in soli double columns, ‘concentrated on one, or at most on two. iniles, the batteries’ in their places, keeping proper distance between di- visions, ready ata moment’s notice to face the enemy inan unbroken solid front, we scattered our,army on over six niiles, formed in one ‘thin string, incapable to meet the enemy with solid front ase of an attack, but by. Beparnte brigades or divisions isolated other, incapable to mutually sup- port one another, and left to the pluck or skill of individual commanders, ‘instead of having the whole wielded by one mind, Granger, in command of our reserve di- vision, occupied a position on the’ Ringgold road, but Col, Dan McCook was detached towards Reed’s bridge to watch over the enemy there. Receiving orders from Rose- | erans to join Granger’s command, McCook, after starting his brigade, gallopea_ towards Brannan’s division, and, meeting Rosecrans riding at the head of the column, hunivrous- ly complained that he lost a chance to capt- 2 ure a Rebel regiment that crossed Chicka- mauga by Reed’s bridge and stood there iso- lated, the bridge having been :burnt in its rear. Rosecrans laughed, and turning to Brannan said he might send there one of his brigades to capture that Rebel regiment. ‘The head of the column of the first brigade was turned to the right, and the brigade mmoyed into the woods, In half an hour was eard a FEARFUL RATTLE OF MUSKETRY, and the heads of the other brigades of Bran- nan were turned to the right and went into the woods also, but the Rebel regiment proved to be too sfrong; Brannan asked for reinforcements. Baird’s division went to support Brannan, and that was not enough. Reynolds and Johnson, Palmer and Van Cleve did the same; yet the Rebel regiment proved to be tuo strong. It proved to be the most part of the Hebel army, and the fire of musketry, interspersed by the boom- ing cannon, was rolling through the woods from left to right with unabated fury the whole afternoon. Our divisions were scat- tered in a strip of woods ‘nearly seven miles Jong, and. so were the enemy’s. One of our divisions would . attack a portion of the enemy’s army and force it back, but the enemy would be reinforced and drive our ‘troops back. Sometimes a brigade would be isolated from its division and fight on its own hook, and be overwhelmed by the enemy. Sometimes an isolated brigade would join the nearest division to it and support it through the whole afternoon. It was an ambush pre- pared by one army to attack and stop on its road the other army, It wasa guerrilla wat- fare on a- huge scale, one army bushwhack- ing the other army; it was a_battle by picce- meal, consisting of a series of victories and a series. of ..defeats, now on ons side and now. on the other, without any preconcerted plan, without any intelli- gent idea carried t! rough the battle sensibly and understandingly. rage wanted to stop Rosecrans; he headed him off, prepared an 4] the next ambush for him, and let Ins war-dogs on his army, With the order to tear it to pieces in some way, hedid notcare much how orin what way, only to stop it,7to chain it to that oundon which he surprised it, so asto Fave a chance to slaughter that army the nextday. With this object _in view, he con- tinued his attacks even after dark: thus Johnson’s and Negley’s divisions were at- tacked in the dark. The fight of the goth of September was over. ur army was scattered through the woods on a line six miles long. Each of our divisions was handled roughly. by the enemy. Some of them sustained heavy losses in officers and men. A whole brigade of regulars’ had been captured, and one-of our best batteries lost. The rumor that the enemy had been reinforced from the East became a dead certainty now; the prisoners taken told the unpleasant tale. Longstreet, with the whole of his corps, joined Bragg. The morale of our army Was somewhat shaken. Officers and men felt they were outnumbered; they were anxious to know what was goiug to be. THERE WERE TWO ALTERNATIVES presented to Gen. Rosecrans now. One, to withdraw the army under cover of night to Chattanooga; the other, to stop where lie was and to sustain an unequal strife the nextday. ‘The first course was the safest: the second was the risky course. During the night he could withdraw the army by several roads; his trains were in Chattanooga, hence out of the way of the arny; if some of the anmmuni- tion wagons and sone stragglers would have been caught by the enemy in the morning the loss would have been a trifling one. During the next morning, before the enemy would approach Chattanooga and make his dispositions for an attack, our anny would energetically dig the trenches and utilize some of the works left there by the suemy, The probability was that the enemy would not have been ableto'make an assault but towards evening. By that time our trenches would have covered thesoldiers and the guns. Should the first line have been broken by the enemy ‘the. same evening, we could have. built a second ine of intrenchments during € night, still more concentrating,our still firmer standing on -the defensive, SAW iat consequences utd the other course have had? We had to stand entirely on the defensive, the enemy outnumbering us by several thousand men. We were worsted. if not beaten altogether; he was elated by the’ success. We used jn. the “fight every brigade but two; he probably had two whole divisions of entlrely fresh troops. We had to stand passively on our position; he could at will choose his point of attack, and con- centrate ag many troops at that point as he pleased. ‘We could not take the enemy for a fool, but: had:.to- také him for the most judicious, ‘and make our, dispositions accord- ingly. Should we be: 8verpowered by’ the enemy and thrown off Chattanoo; our army would have been thrown against tha Lookout Wall and destroyed, and,-in- three weeks’ time, the triumphant enemy; would have ‘Boot. with his victorious army on the hio River, . Gen. Rosecrans decided to fight. Pluck displayed at a proper place and ata proper time denotes Strength, Pluck dis- played at a wrong place and at » wrong time denotes weakness. G Deciding to tight, we could have selected our own ground: in fact, while we were fighting on the 19th of September, somebody should have found for us a proper position to fight on the 20th, ‘There was right at hand the south slope of the Mission Ridge, with its spurs and gulleys, where the strong- est position could have been found. Did we do it? .No, Nobody looked up a position; the army was groping in ‘the dark. ‘The order was to withdraw our divisions a jittle back from the ground, where night found them, MeCdok to close up on ‘Thomas, with its right resting on the Widow Glen’s sions in the reserve behind the centre of the whole line, COULD SUCH AN ORDER have been carried out in the dark night, after a quite severe battle, without officers guiding each division and perfectly familiar with po- fitions assigned to them ? Our army had no such officers, and, therefore, our divisions that had to move a considerable distance . could not find their proper places in-the line. ‘Again, military authorities say when an army chooses its position, it should be placed so as to stand squarely across its ways of communication, perfectly covering the same, Here our roads were leading north, while our line of formation was running from south- west to northeast, parallel to Mission Ridge behind us, crossing | slantingly and not squarely the roads leading to our rear. our left wing should be forced back, our communications with Chattanooga were en- dangered; should our. Jeft and centre give way under a powerful flank attack of the enemy, our army could not get to Chatta- nooga; it would have been hurled against an impassable, 2,000 feet high rocky wall,— the Lookout ‘Mountain,—and destroyed or taken prisoner. There, then, on our left flank was the strategical key of our position, As it was selected. by the Commander-in-Chief, the position had no tactical strength whatever, Our line was crossing some fields, but most of them were behind it; our both flanks were hanging in the air, not abutting to any ob- jects that would present some. difficulty to the enemy in attacking them. We had uo time to build batteries; if in the morning on the 20th men piled up.rotten logs and rails to the hight of'a couple of feet in iront of them, those barricades could not stop a determined attack of a daring enemy. be OUR POSITION WAS WEAK on its whole line without any prominent or salient point, with Foods on its front and fields in its rear; in-fdet, we could not select a position worse than that we occupied. ‘The night was dark and chilly. No camp- fires were built either by our army or by the Rebel army. Fatleued by the last night’s march, unnerved by the fighting du: eo day, our men fell on the cold ° ground, wrapped in their blankets, and fell asleep. The exhausted body could not, give food to sweet dreams most of them suatcheda short but sound sleep. It was for many a poor fellow the last sleep they snatched before the eternal sleep came to them on the morrow. If there were some evil forebodings they were stified by stern duty; every one, who ‘was a man, was determined to fight, “When the memorable Sunday morning that fell on the 20th of September came, dense tog ‘was overhanging the Valley of Chickamauga, Gen. Thomas, commanding our. left wing, wwas on the extreme left, then caine Johnson, then Palmer, then Reynolds, and Brannan; but BMcCook’s wing was in disoraer, and ex- tended too far tothe right. There was too large an interval between Brannan and Wood; Negley was too far advanced beyond Wood, and Van Cleve - took pitee too far to the risht- and rear, avis -and Sheridan too far- to the extreme right and out of the line; in fact, the whole right wing was out of shape. When Rosecrans came'to the right wing, the enemy commenced to attack our left; he ordered to promptly make the changes, but it is not so easy-to move, divisions as battalions, Then one brigade of Negley’s was ordered to re- port to ‘Thomas, then another of his brigades was ordered to report to'l'homas; then Wood was ordered to support Reynolds, and Davis and Sheridan to promptly close on Brannon, and it was already 10 o’clock when divisions of the. right wing were yet moving. THIS INSTANCE WAS: ONE OF A HUNDRED just as critical instances when divisions and army corps could not find their places in the line of battle. It shows how important it is to have a thoroughly organized corps of staff officers, whose principal duty would consist in leading and placing troops on the march and on the battle-field. There was the battle setually. raging on our left, while our right was nof.yet in position, and would not haye got into it fortwo hours longer if the enemy permitted it. Pre, of course, wanted to cut Rosecrans off the Chattanooga; he assigned this duty to his own Western troops, that formed his right and right-centre under Polk, while Longstreet commanded the left wing, con: sisting of his_own corps, supported by Buckner’s and Hindiman’s divisions. Between 8 and 9 a.m. Breckinridge’s di- vision, supported by Walker’s corps, con- sisting of Gist, and Liddell’s divisions, at- tacked our left. Baird stood the attack finnly, but the enemy turned our flank and was gail ning on our rear; Beatty’s‘brigade of Negley’s division came up, supported Baird, and stopped the enemy’s advance. Breckin- ridge renewed the attack, Gist and Liddell joining him, but another brigade of Negley’s division came up, and several regiments of Johnson’s division with Van Devers” brig- ade repulsed this new attack. But while this second attack on our left commenced, Cheatham, and Cleburne, and Stewart were attacking Johnson, Palmer, and Reynolds, thus extending the attack from the left_to the centre of our line. It was a fierce and determined attack of the enemy on our. left wing, put our troops _stood firm, and- handsomely repulsed it with considerable Joss to the ene- my. The musketry still continued and the cannon still roared, but the fierceness of the charges was not renewed by the Rebels fora considerable length of Hime, and the original line of battle was reéstablished on our left. . WHILE BRAGG WAS INTENT ‘ on crushing odr left under Thomas, Hong street_was forming his corps’ under Hood, with Preston’s division of Buckner’s corps to attack our right. 4 a It was already after 10, yet Our divisions of the right wing ‘were, not in position. Wood moved his division out of. the: line to the’ rear, to place it behind Reynolds, makin, @ gap between Brannan and Here while Davis -was moving by the flank to close upon Brannan, Sher- idan following Davis, but before the fatal ap had been closed and the line properly formed the avalanche of four Rebel divisions was too close to permit it to be accomplished. Itentered likea huge fiery wedge between 4srannan and Davis, struck. in flank our two divisions still moving, and crushed and car- ried away thpse that were standing on its road. Five divisions and two‘ brigades that formed the right wing were scattered by this bloody hurricane, swept away from the posi- tion in ten minutes’? time asbya giant’s broom. Davis and Sheridan were cut off and pushed back to the west, scattering through the woods, while Brannan, Van Cleve, Woud, the last brigade of Negiey, and one of the ynolds brigades were thrown right back on to the Mission Ridge in a disorganized, mixed-up crowd. It was a stunning blow that felled half of our ariny;: it was a cloud, with thousands of thunder- bolts that bursted over 25,000 of; human be- eS. aie MFravis and Sheridan, rallying’ the débris of their scattered diyisions, reached during the day Chattanooga... Thousands of prisoners, in droves like sheep, were hurried into the Rebel lines by the) victors; thousands of wounded and dead were lying on the ground scatteringly ; thousands of skulkers and cow- ards were flying towards the mountains and to Chattanooga; Rosecrans.with the whole ot his staff was swept by the flood and galloped as,if pursued by the furies to Chattanouga; feCook, the commander of one army corps, followed Rosertcrans; Crittenden, ‘the com-. mander of another army.corps, followed Mc- Cook; but the bravest of officers and. men.. although stunned by the calamity, did not lose re presence otmind, Ifthe Command- er-in-Chief neglected to find for them a suit- .besween regiments: and companies, assisted house, Crittenden to place two of his divi-” promptly formed his line. Baird’s division’ . you undaunted ‘vu able ¥tound 4o fight the desperate enemy, stined I ie to that ground, and ed. theréithey ral} : ‘Thee way Un irregular, elofigated: knoll, detaded ftoriia spur of the Mission Ridge, that fdand itgelf directly behind the: centre of ourorisinul line of battle.” Its south end abuttéd “6° 9 ‘Or through: which 2 epee tha Jed Rossville and Chat- tanboga;” its north end ‘threw | out a ‘spar towards the enemy. This knoll wouli-have been in the centre of ‘the posi- tion, if our-army took position on theslope of the ridge. Nature made it strong for de- fense,.-and-with but little work ‘it could have beem made impregnable. There the bravestot Van Cleve: and Brannan’s divis- ions mixed up with Wood’s men_and Neg- ley’s and Reynuids’ men, without distinction by officers whom some of then never saw before, with standards belonging t strange cotunands, but the standards of their com- mon counsry, rallied around those standards and oGey ped the ridge, determined to make a standj,to fight, and, if need be, to die. OUB-AMILLERY OF THE RIGHT WING yas partially’captured, partially scattered. through tha Woods: Gen. Negley being left without commadé0thinking the calamity might ovortalte tie bance of the arm: , Bath- ered 85 manynbetterss as he could find through the wo ind yok them back to Rossville to plate! itt bugjrion “there. Our Spartan band on ‘lie rid» jy4d’no cannon, and had to rely on"the rifa,sil@ bayonet. Gen. Brannan nominally asstimed the com- mand. Meantime the enemy,by bia sucess, got disorganized, aud was reforming” ijs columns for the new attack. At last it came.. Longstreet’s veterans assailed the ridge; théy’ were making charge after charge; the roll of inusketry wasterrible and cqntinuous,abat- ing at a time, then recommencing again wth greater, fury; the Rebel dead, and dying Covered the slopes of the ridge, but all their” assaults, determined and reckless as they. have been, were: repulsed by a mixed hand- ful of Spartans. _ A new Rebel division came up to support Longstreet; Hindman extended the Rebel left and turned the right of our heroic band; the assault was renewed vehemently; the situation grew desperate. — Gen. Granger, with three brigades of the reserve division, occupied the Ringgold road, several miles north of the tield of battle. When, after the rout of our right wing, the enemy commenced -to assault the ridge in the afternoon, Granger decided to march his troops.to where the battle was raging, and. at 3 -p, m. reported himself to Gen. ‘Thomas, now in command of the army, in the absence of Gen. Rosecrans. Thomnias at once sent hin to sup rt the crowd on the ridge, Just when Hindman’s Rebel division. took possession of the gorge and attacked the right of our crowd on the ridge, Steed- inan came up with Whitaker’s brigade; dis- mounting, and seizing a regimental flag, Steedman rushed at the head of the brigade against the Rebels. Our men_ with irresis- lible sway charged the enemy, the musketry rattle broke oui again most furiously, the Rebel wave rolled back, the assault was re- pulsed. Again the pores. and the ridge were our possession. Jt was after4p. m. REYNOLDS HAD TWO BRIGADES in the battle, His third brigad under Wilder, being’ mounted, was detached and served with cavalry. Reynolds stood to the right of Palmer in the centre of our original line, rightacross the main Lafayette and Chat- tanooga road. It was formed inechelon: , ‘Tur- ehin’s brigade, stood in the line with Palmer's division, King’s brigade a little back in eche- Jon in the fine with Brannan’s division. When the disaster and rout of the right wing cane, it carried almost the whole of King’s brigade with it, only a few. hundred men with King and Reynolds joined Turchin. ‘Here was then. the break of our line, and ‘Turchin’s right was exposed. The -wave of fighting went to the right farther and farther and way back to: the right rear. ‘Turchin bent tbe front of his brigade at a_right-augie to the line of other divisions. There was a gap of over half a mile wide between him and the crowd on the ridge. Will the enemy throw one or two divisions into this gap and drive the wedge so as to take ‘Thoinas’ line in the rear? There was the point tliat became now the key to the balance of our_position, the key to our final destruction. Should it be detected by the enemy and assailed in force the doom of Rosecrans’ army would have been sealed, % But Providence was on the side of Right, and Justice, was in fact on our side, notwith- standing all blunders of our command- ing General. . Providence sent us help in a strange shape;—in a hardly conceivable shape, yet it wasafact. It sent us help in the shape -at a: Rebel commander-in-chief— Gen, Brage. .: 4 -_ Bragg bel longed to that class of Generals who made excellent plans of preliminary at- tackson his enemy, but he was never suc- cessful in developing his first success into a decisive, overwhelming victory. He never hada reserve at hand tv hurl it on the point of the enemy’s -position that was shaken or broken by the first attack. His genius appar- ently extended as faras his impetuous first‘ stroke extended, and uo farther. He could notconeeive any mischief beyond it, never could find new resources for fin most dan- aging blows to his Snemny Thus he acted at Stone River, and thus he acted here. His plan to crush Rosecrans by crushing his left, and throwing his army from Chattanooga towards Lookout Mountain was perfectly proper, but, after having it tried in the morn- ing, he could not succeed. Now a mere chance gave him: an opportunity to destroy ammy, butin a different manner, BY LEAVING A THIN LINE against our left and forming a. couple of di- visions on Lafayette and Chattanooga road, he could hurl them into that half a mile gap between Turchin and the crowd on the ridge, and assail Thomas’ line in the rear. He could do it as easily, as deliberately as could be, taking his own*time and leisure. ‘That gap was open to him and inviting him to conse in for several hours, even after the débris of Wood’s division and a portion of paline's division had patched it up par- ially. But no, Bragg was intent on carrying out his original plan. Leaving Longstreet to himself, he was preparing an attack on our left again. Breckinridge, Gist, and Liddell were ordered to advance, and 2 portion of Breckinridge’s command was thrown across the Lufayette and Chattanooga road, between. Chattanovga and our army, and was ordered to advance in the rear of our divisions. The Rebels planted two cannon on the road and ‘furchin’s Brigade was receiving cannon shots from rear, The Rebels advanced along the andin the rear of our line unopposed, until finally Thomas ordered ‘urchin to’ clear the rear. It was after 5 o’clock. Moving his brigade out of the line and facing it about, Turchin ad- vanced rapidly, then charged bayonets bythe rear rank and drove the Rebels in confusion for over half.a mile, taking 300 prisoners and two pieces of artillery; then turning to the Jeft he joined McCook’s reserve brigade on the slope of Mission Ridge, This movement was a signal for withdrawing our_troops. Willich took the place of Turchin, Palmer’s division was withdrawn to the ridge, and then Johnson and Baird followed with but tritling loss. At was all over on our left when our right on that ridge was yet fighting. Longstree! being left to himself, continued to exhaus' his strength in a series of mad assaults against the ridge@nd the gorge until dark, but without success. Finally. darkness stopped the fighting there. Our army with- drew to Rossville, where it remained in po- sition during the next day, without being at- tacked by the enemy, and in the evening oc- cupied Chattanoo; te eal ‘Thus terminated the bloodiest battle,in-the West. We lost nearly two-tiftl: PE QUE army of 55,000 strong.’ The enenty’, ras two- fifths of his entire army of 6U/OW0 strong. Peace be to your gemains, ates devoted patriots that felion the: foods HF id of Chicka- maugal Everlast glory. on earth be to lanteers, who, routed by the enemy and“dhandoned by" the Generals, found'¢ place for a stand, and fought un- flinchingly and devotedly the whole after- noon, and saved the Army of the Cumberland from anhihilation. AC ——— : if Paris Newspaper-Wit. Rew York World, * During the Franco-Prussian war gn enthusias-- tic native of Bordcaux, keeping up his courage in the midst of disaster and defeat, declared perpetuully: -“ Ifthe South rises inher might and majesty, the German army will melt away like summer snow," “ Yes," said) a more cok blooded Northerner, “but, will theSouth rise in ner might and majesty?" “To. be frank with you,ido notthinik she wil.” ~: ; At‘the table d'hote a comniercial traveler takes the dish of radishes and enipties its con- tents iuto his plate. “I beg your pardon, rnon- sicur,” says one’ of his neighbots,**but Iam ford ‘of radishes, ‘too.” “Oh, not half so fond of tiem as I am,” replies the other, with con- viction and his mouth full. ae . Abusband takes his wife toa gallery tobe photgyruphed. .As the secrumetal formula against laughing is about to be jounced the ay ee LS, fF be ve; don't laugh, « you’! jottire. Think of something serious, Think | the Peniontaary for hog- jurceny-—think of.what would have become of youif.I hadn't taken pity on you and married youl Now, then!” : ‘ 1880—TWENTY PAGES. Departure of Four Sail-Vessels for the Lower Lakes Yesterday. The Schooner B. B. King Water- logged by Collision with the E, M. Stanton. The Schooner Julia B. Merrill Buns Ashore Near Hyde Park in the Fog. Latest Intelligence from the !ce-Bound Regions and Elsewhere. GRAIN AND COARSE FREIGHTS. Grain froights are as yet stendily maintained at six cents on corn and six and one-half cents on wheat to Buffalo, Where through rates are made ut tess than 13 cents toNew York the cut is safd to be on canal frejghts, and not the rates by lake. Vessel-agents unite in the declaration that no charters have been made thus far the Present season for leas than six cents on corn, and where all agree it must be so. Yesterday _the schooner, F. A. Georger was put in for 55,000 bushels corm to Buffalo at six cents. The pro- peller Commodore also began to load corn on a through-rate charter. The chief inquiry for rooin just now appears to be for steam and rail on through rates to the seaboard, : Coarse freights ure fairly uctive, with a plenti- ful supply 6f vessels and few offerings because of the prolonged absence of the fleet, which Jenders shippers wary, as they do not care to Inkur the risk of pay demurrage.’ The rate ondry lumber from Muskezon, Ena suffered a cut ef 124 cents per 1,000 feet in at least a singlo instance., Engagements were reported as fol- lows: Schocner Glad ‘Tid! cedar ties from Abnapee toUhicago at 6 cents apiece; schooner Lyman ‘Days, dry lumber from. Muskegon to Chi ‘at $3736 per 1,000 feet; st:hooner Min- nie Mueller, dy lumber from Mapistee to Chi- at $L%, ter 1,000 feet; schooner Charies Luling, cedar pets from Sutton’s Bay toChicago at 434 cents upiete; ychooner BeHe Wallbridge, hold full of wood and deck-toad of bark, from Traverse Bay to Chicago at $2.75 per cord; schooner Live Oak, hemlock tics m Glen Harbor to Chicago at 7 cents apiece. The Detroit Post and Tribune reports the fol- lowing charters at that point: Propeller Chaun- sey Huribut and schooner Porter, wheat to Buf- falo at 24 cents; steam-bargn Fairbank, cedar ties, from Alpena to Chicago 9.t 70 centa on the rail; steam-barge VY, H. Ks:tchum, wheat to Buffalo at 24 cents. The opening: freight on lurnber from Alpena to Sandusky is fixed at $2.5) per 1,000. From Alpena to Detroit and Wyand otte, $2. t Toronto the schooner N.arysburg was put in for barley from Frenchms.n's Bay to Oswego at24:cents. The schooner Vienna receives 3 gent por bushel for barley from Toronto to DAMAGED BY ‘COLLISION. Yesterday forenoon Capt. Sam ‘Thornton re- ceiveda telegram from ‘Evanston, stating: that there were two vessels about two miles north- east of Grosse Point that required the services of tugs. As Capt, ‘thornton does not run a tug office, he paid no attention to the summons. About 4o’clock in the afternoon another dis- patch was wired from Evanston, this time by Capt. E. Johnson, of the schooner E, M. Stanton, which read aboat as follows: “Send tug to schooner R.. B, King. Have her at anchor in -water-logged condition, with E. M. Stanton alongside.” Capt. Thorn- ton now bestirred himself to have a tug dispatched to the assistance of the vessels, but. not one could be hesl, or_would until after 6 o'clock. Then the Prindiville started. ‘fhe intimation conveyed by Capt. Johnson's telegram is‘that the kK. B. King was cut down and waterlogged in a collision with the schooner E. M. Stanton below Grosse Point, dar- ing the dense fog of Fridsy afternoon. This impression afterward shaped-itself into convic- ton when the schr J. P. De Coudres arrived and reported having seen a schooner with hér jib- boom and bowsprit gone towing a waterlogged schooner some distance off the land below Grosse Point. The has a cargo of slabs from Grand Hiver for this port, It is not definitly known whether the Stanton has a cargo, althougiy the De Cowdres reported both vessels as louded. The effect of the waterzlog- in of the King- will be the jettison of herdeck- loud, this being uecessary to prevent her from rolling over. Just before 3 o'clock last evening, 23 the pro- peller New Era was leaving the harbor with her tow of barges, one of them, the Wolverine, ran Toul of the schooner L. B. Coates, whith was moored to th.e North Pier. The Wolverine struck the Coates iin the stern, carrying away the lat- ter’s taifrail and parting her line, and as the Coates swing out into tho stream the barge car ried away her jibboom ulso. Tha,Coates is de- tained in port-for repurs. She was on the eve of departure for the east shore. z peels DEPARTURES FOR BELOW. 'The continued favorable nows from the Straits, backed by a:prospect of a lovely day anda fair sailing breeze, led several of thé many grain- laden vessel that have crowded the various branches of Chicago River for several months past to tow out and make sailfor Buffalo. The first to depart was the Owasco, laden with 21,434 busels of corn. The tug Hackley towed her out of the harbor short~ ly before 10 o'clock in the forencon. An hour later the tags Campbell and Oonstitution towed the Sun Diego out from her moorings near Wells-street bridge. The San Diego is laden with 54,000 bushels of corn, The schooner F. W. Gitford, with 30,208 bushels of corn on board, followed at noon, towed by the tug L. B..Jobn- son, and wélo’clock the Rutherford B. Hayes left also, towed by the tug Hackley. The Hayes bas 2 cargo of 50,000 bushels of corn. This comprised ull of the vessels that made a start, and it should be added that the des- tination of each of them is Buffalo, Anum- ber of others were ready to go, but did not start because ofthe prospect of & northerly gale. The schooner C. C. Barnes would have left had the tugs been ubieto pullher off the bottom near Wells-strect bridge. The.schooners Thomas Hi. Howland and Ganges were towed down to the lower harbor lust evening, 80 as to be ready to sail to-morrow should the weather favor them. Thus far no propellers have left for the Lower Lakes beyoud the Northern Transit liners Granit State and Champlain. It was expected, how- ever, that the steam-barge James Davidson would leave about midnight last night. AFTER A STEAM-PUMP. The tug Annie Waters, Capt. A. D. Campbell, arrived here last evening in questof asteam- pump tobe placed on the scow S. P. Wilson, which stranded at Michigan City in the norther ’ Jast Sunday evening. Capt. Campbell states the ‘Wilson les at least 500 feet from deep water. The Waters dre toand along both sides of the stranded craft, butas she is fullof water and laden with green lath, this dredging merely had the effect to cause her to settle deeper in the sand, until -now she, is nearly decks to. The demand for a steam-pump was considercd imperative because of the prospect of another norther and further damage to the unfortunate vessel. One belonging to Jonah Ric! was secured, after considerable trouble. Cupt. Cumpbell reports that the scow Gran; which stranded at Michigan City with the son, has gone to pieces. . INDICATIONS OF A NORTHER. The weather yesterday clearly indcated the ap- proach of a norther. The rays of the sun were fairly scorching, a warm southwest wind carried ocensional ~ patches of threatening “clouds across the ‘sky, and the ‘barometer ranged atalow point. Besides, quite a current set in and out of the river at intervals, plainly fore- telling the existence of a no) foot of the Inke. Last evenlug: the tlodds toe wn “banking” heavily along the northern orizon, a8 if Preparing to hurl themselves back fail, but such rarely is the case. Raej eee r, il GREEN BAY. Mr. Ayers returned to the city yesterday from @ trip to the shores of Green Bay. He reports the bay still full of broken ice in the vioinity of Cedar Hiver, For a distance of twelve miles of Cedar River nothing but iee was to be seen All of the indentations of Green Bay, such is Big and Little Bay de Noquet, etc., are still bridged over with heavy ice, and the opinion prevalemt among the residents is that navigation in that region cannot open much before the léth of April. At Escanabu ice twenty inches thick was still being cut on Friday. . LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY. Agentleman arrived here yesterday who ‘left . Petoskey on Friday. This gentleman claims to have come across the heud of Little Traverse Bay, from Little Traverse to Petoskey, on the } ice. He embarked nt'the former place’ on a sleigh, which contained eleven other persons besides himself. This indibates that it may be some time yet before cohrse freight can be shipped from Little Traverse Bay by lake. . FELL INTO A HOLD. oa Late Thursday afternoon Capt. James Fergu- son, who has been in the employ of the Miller Brothers all winter, fell into the hold of the Peshtigo Company’s barge Noque Bay, a-dis- tance of nearly fourteen feet, at the North Braocl ‘dock. unfortunate man Struck upon his side, across the keeison of barge, and fractured several ribs, besides suf- fering other internal injuries. The surgeon who has charge of the case does not anticipate a fatal termination, but says that recovery will be slow, owing to the severe nature of the hurts. Capt. Ferguson sailed the schooner Frank Craw- ford last season. —— F 4 e ASHORE AND OFF. Late Friday evening word was sent to the tug headquarters at Wells-street bridge that the schooner Julia.B. Merril! had stranded near Bydo Park in the fog. The tugs Van Schaick and L.B. Johnson were at once dispatched to render assistance, and returned about midnight with the vessel,“which they found afloat, the crew having ke her off the bottom. The damage. Merrill suffered no ‘ SALE.OF A STEAMER. At the Custom-House yesterday record was made of the sale of tho little pleasure steamer Lady Washington, by Mary Malloy and Michael Donely to William E. Parker and Hiram O. Rose, for a consideration of $7,000. Tho Lady Washington fs only three years old, and is yet in every respect & first-class craft.’ Sbe will be continued in the excursion business by her new owners. : MILWAUKEE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, MiwavkKez, April 3—Tho steam-barges W. H. Barnum, D. Ballentine, and C. J. Kershaw are the first boats to make a start from here for below. They left at 9 o'clock this: morning. AS yet none of the sail yessels have signitied an intention of going out, but a break will probably ‘be made to-morrow morning, as several have ordered their stores sent aboard. ‘The wrecking-tug Leviathan leaves this even- ing for Pentwater to release the barge Mars, beached there lust fall. 4 The tug Welcome is to-day taking on s “com- lete perecking outfit, and will start for Pilot jand on Monday to attempt the rescue of the schooner E. M. Davidson. she gets the craft off the tug is to receive $2,500, and- no charge is to be made if she fails. 2 At Wolf & Davidson’s there are five boats in dry-dock ‘to-day,—the propellers City of New dns and Lowell, already reported in ‘az ‘Tang UNE, and the schooners Ebenezer, Baler (small), Lert eee ae me a lively 9] _ Zehoones S. J. Holley, ia coming from Raciue to be docked fora leak, and the propel- ler Colin eet oar and tug Sullivan are tobe taken out to tighten up their stern bearings. Arrivals since yeas are the schooners Mary Ludwig, H- Rand, and scows Sandy Morri- son, Mendota, Maria, and Milton. Ajj are laden with railroad tiesexcept the Mendota and Maria, which haye lumber Record was made at the Custom-House to-day of the sale of one-twelfth of the schooner David Vance by Capt. 5.8. Vance to Frank L. Vance for 33.000; ‘The propellers Granite State and Champlain, trom Chicago for Sarnia, reached here. this aft- ernoon, and intend continuing their voyage to- bap lege & were still lying at the dock at 9 o'cioc! The tug H. F. Bues, thoroughly rebuilt and lengthened during the winter, was relaunched this afternoon, c ——. BUFFALO. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Burrauo, N..¥., April 3—The arrivals to-day were: Propeller W. T. Graves, Toledo, 37,000 | Sch bushels of corn; schooners G. W. Adams, To- ledo, 70,000 bushels corn; C. B. Benson, Toledo, 28,788 bushels corn; E. R. Williams, Toledo, 21,500 bushels wheat; Zach Chandler, Toledo, 40,000 bushels wheat; G. W. Davis, Toledo, 21,965 bush- elscorn: Stampede, Toledo, 18,500 bushels corn; H.M. Scove, Toledo, 10,917 bushels corn; M. Stolker, Toledo, 16,800 bushels corn; Maumee Valley, Toledo, 15,250 bushels corn. . Cleared—Propeller W. %. Graves, Toledo; Schooners C. B. Benson. Toledo; G. “W. Davis, Milwaukee; Mineral State, Sandusky, 400 barrels cement; Zach Chandler, Chicagos a §. Austin, Chicago, 501 tons coal: James F. Joy, Saginaw; W.S. Crossthwaite, Chicago, 1,200 tons coul; Stampede, Sheboygun; George W. Adams, Toledo; Erastus Corning, icago, 1,250 tons coul; Stolker, Toledo; Young America, Chicago; ‘tingford, Chicago; M~umce bho t Toledo, 500 barrels cement; barge Keepsake, Erie; Sun- shine, Bay City. The folowing charters werereported: schoon~ er Mineral'State, cement to Sandusky, five cents per barrel; schooner Maumee Valley, cement to foledo, three cents per barrel, DETROIT. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Triburte, Derrort, Mich., April 3.—The tog Sampson, with the schooners Sunnyside and John O'Neill, left at8 a.m. ‘The tug Niagara, with the schooners Montmo- renoy, Mont Blanc, Montgomery, Monticello, Reindeer, Monterey, M. F. Merick, and Clayton Belle, left for Buffalo at 2 p. m. ‘The steam-barge V. H. Ketcham arrived up at 8la. m. from Erie, and the Chauncey Hurlbut ar- rived up at 10a. m. from Buffalo. ~ : Several steam-barges and tugs with their tows have left to-day, and more will follow to-night for Saginaw. Tags are already at each end of the river looking for tows. Tho steam-burge Justin R. Whiting was seized Prats United States Marshal here to-day on & libel filed by Patrick Boylan, owner of the schooner Bahama, for alleged breach of contract for Lowage: It will be remembered that the Bubama left Cleveland last November for Chi- cal , atSand Beach when try- ing to make the hafsor. Before the boats could be repaired navigation closed, which, of course, pesca the steam-barge from fulfilling her cont : THE STRAITS. Bpeetal Dispatch to 53.3 t.tex Tribune, CrenoycGan, Mich., April 3.—The whereabouts of the steam-barge and consort to-day are un- known, A heavy fog prevailed all day. The steamer Marine City, of the Lake Shore Line, arrived at this port this afternoon. She could not get inside on account of the ice and tog, and returned. Weather mild; wind southeast, light; mercury 50 above. 2 MACKINAW CITY. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Macsinaw Crry, Mich., April 3.—The south channel opened down about five miles below here last night. Heard asteamboat off opposit here to-day. The weather has been cloudy and raining all day, with heavy fog to-night. Wind east, light,’ Mercury 35 above. Cannot tell how the ice is till the fog clears up. CLEVELAND, O. « Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. CLEVELAND, O., April 3—Entered—Schooner J.N. Porter, Black River, light; schooners 8. B. Conkling and King Sisters, Islands, stone; schooner Mary Muitland, light. .. Cleared—Schooner David Stewart, Eacanaba, light; schooner S. B. Conklin, Islands, tight. Charters—Propeller V. Swain and schooner A.C. Maxwell, grain, Toledo to Buffalo, p. t. TOLEDO, O. Special Dispatch to Tie Chicago Tripune. Totepo, O.. April 3.—Arrived—Maize, Port Colborne, light. 2 Cleared—Star of Hope, Saginaw, light; Fanny Palms, Buffalo, 38,000 bushels wheat; Maize, Buffalo, corn. PORT COLBORNE. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Porr CoLBORNE, Ont., April 3—Arrived to- day—Schooners Elgin and Wawanosh, from To- ledo, with corn. Cargoes transferred to Welland Railway. ? PORT JOTTINGS. ‘The schooner Onk Leaf arrived here yester- day from Ludington on her first trip. , The schooner Skylark has gdne itito Miller Brothers’ dry-dock to repair.a ieak, and the schooner William Sturgis is to have her bottom calked. The vessel which sent for a tug from from ‘wenty-fifth street on Friday evening was the Ralph Campbell, and not the Minervi. The tug :A. Miller brought her in. The Minerva, towed in the American Eagle, was f an by tt eam agle, af found near the The V. 0. T. tugsE. P. Ferry and Rebel went into commission yesterday. the tug Annie iL. Smith, Capt. Eph Wilson. The Smith is in first-class shape this season. The name of the seaman who fell from the crosstrees of the schooner H. D. Moore, in Mag- ering in on Pinarres atiernong, and after ward died from the effects of juri ves: to be Herbert Hunter. Iniaee oy Changes of commanders were noted yesterday at the Custom-House, us follows: Lewis E. Hol- ister, Captain of the barge Manitowoc, vice C. H. Lane; G. F. Stelphin, Captain of the schooner Richard Winslow, vice John Martin: John O'Grady, Captain of the schooner James Platt, vice George Hale; William Leith, Captain of the schooner: Lizzie A. Law, vice A.'C. Wilson: Dux vid Williams, Captain of the barge Windsor, vice G. W. Flood; William Powers, : Captain of the schooner Live Oak, vice Alexander Gibson; Raymond Cazalio, Captain of the schooner E. M. Portch, vice M. C. Clark; John Wood, Captain of the schooner Gen. Worth, vice James Coleman. | question what’ less yenturesome splri niet AROUND THE LAKES. The old barge Ark Mes sunk at Jones’ ship- yard, Amherstburg. C. F. Dunbur’s dredge Faugh-a-Ballagh is ex- pected to go to work on Lime-Kiln Crossing on April. Dredge Wild Irishman, being rebuilt, will probably get ont and off next week, and the steam drill Far-down, burnt last winter, will get to work some time next week. The Bar- Point lightship ‘has been dclayed position the first of next week.“ '° Placed In a 0) febester reef lightship bas been pulled out | delivery, arid 1,600,000 pounds able to pro- | the kind ever made,—hat on calked and repaired. She otters To tome troubl ere e le over the where the contractor will place the pig weae work on the Lime Kilns. The people river are up in arms ugainst it. and wij against it pelng stored on elther side, "7 e foc! recelv i the Candian customs 10 wreck in Coen ty Gath one a broke ane peeulens by falling andclear. So says report Detroit Postoy, ne. The Free Press ‘states that the De: ; Dock Company bas arranged with snqtOBEe | workmen as contract to remain with It Aug. 15, to the effect that thefpay until that shall be $2 per day; that at the end of that the men shall receive 25 cents additions, each day following the signing of the eo!) and also a bonus of $10, or a ticket to Que that is preferred. Should the men generally, : cept the terms of this contract it is undec.®| . that'no more men will be brouzht from @ee ae unleas an excess of work should solutely necessary. Cupt. King Walker, of Buffalo, has so! tug built for bim by Thomas O'Grady ta Algar & Co., of Detroit, for $4,100 cash) Ted is forty-eight feet long, with eleven toet gt jnches beain, and depth of hotd of Ave feng * inches. use ‘or a some point on Lake Huron. raft towignsss ‘The clevator men at Erie have found ally. twenty-nine bushels of the shortaye row reported in the cargoes of tho steams ee Cormorant and ber conscrt the Pellean wget have. even made a remittance for the shatter? not yet discovered. That certainly is hor py Ole Groh has been reappointed ‘Captain of gy Life-Saving Station at Sheboygan. eS ‘The buoy has been placed upon the reef nang es of Sheboygan harbor. Se ' PORT LIST. ARRIVALS. Prop Messenger, St. Joseph, sundries, Prop Trader, Prdingtou lumber, 3 Sehr J. B, Merrill, Muskegon, Tuilroad ties, . Schr R. Campbell, Muskegon, wood. Schr Oak Leaf, Ludington, lumber. « Schr Edna, South Chicago, gravel. Schr Ironsides, Muskegon, railroud ties, Schr South Haven, Packard's Pier, woud. + Schr J. P. De Coudres, White Lake, ratirvad Schr Magnolia, Packard's Pier, wood, CLEARANCES. Prop’. W. Snook, White Lake Schr White Oak, Whitehall. Schr Conneaut, Ludington. Schr Adziatic, Muskegon. Schr J. V. Jones, Muskegon, Schr Beloit, Kewaunee. Scbr Persia, Saugatuck. Sehr R. Campbell, Muskegon. Schr Minerva, Muskegon. Prop Fayette, Muskegon. Sohr Albatross, Bluffton. Scbr Wollin, Holland. Schr Andrew Jackson, Manisted Schr Windsor, Manistee. Schr 3f. Mueller, Manistee. Sehr G. D. Norris, Dutton’s Bay. Schr J. B. Merrill, Muskegon. Schr E. Bates, Grand Haven. Schr Gen. Worth, Wolf Rivor. _ Schr Tom Paine, Grand Haven. > Prop Granite State, Port Huron, 11,191 bu cor, Prop Champlain. Port Huron, 13,537 bu com, Schr Fleetwing, Buffalo, 20,430 bu corn. Schr J. Pintt, Buffalo, 22,000 bu wheat, Schr Sunrise, Buffulg. 29,500 bu corn. Schr A. M- Peterson, Buffalo, $4,000 bu corm, Sehr C,. C. Barnes, Butfalo, 37,000 bu corn. Schr Manitowoc, Butfalo, 3,000 bu corn. Schr Champion, Busfaio, 40,000 ba corn. ir Watson, Buffalo, 33,000 bu com, Schr Richard Winslow, Buifalo, 59,300 bu coma sehr Balle, Buffalo, 24.185 bu wheat. hr J. W. Doane, Buffalo, 45,060 bu corn, Schr T. W, Ferry, Buffalo, 40,00 bu corn, Schr Ide Keith, Butfulo, 34,385 bu corn. Sohr C. H. Burton, Buffalo, 22242 bu corn, Sehr C. Nims, Buffalo, 32,500 bu corn. Schr EK. J. McVea, Buffalo, 20,000 bu corn, Schr Red Wing. Butfalo, +000 Sehr Hiegie & Jones, Buffalo, Schr W. I. Preston, Buffalo, } Sehr H. C- Richards, Buffalo, 45,015 bu corn, Scbr B. M. Portch, Butfalo, 2,000 bu corn, Sehr Rarif Schr @. D. : Senr Manzanilla, Kingston, 22,69 bu cora, Schr C. Loling, Grand Traverse Bay, 6 bape S3-80 Schr KB. Hownrd, Holland, ¢ tons coal. = Schr Glad Tidings, Ahnupce, 100 bugs feed. BS : ——— : “ SPORTING. THE TURF. x New Onceaxs, La., April 3.—The weit was clear, track heavy, and attendance larg ‘The handicap for all ages, mile and a qus: ter, was won by Mary Walton, Le Rois ond, Mollie Hart third; time,2:22 Kerik wy’ the favorit. “= ‘The handicap, mile heat, was won by May Anderson in two straight heats, Short Le: second, Typhoon third, distanced ; time,1% * ‘Typhoon was the favorit. * “The Walker Stakes for t-year-olds, tw mailles, was won by Bucktie, Sam Eckerge - ond, Maggie May third; thme, 3:52}¢. os ATHLETICS. wt New Yors, April8—The Inter-Collegi Athletic Association will. have its anni meeting at Mott Haven the last Saturday : May. Prizes will be given the yictors atts close of the games. eae THE OAR. New Yor, April$.—Blaikle, the referee theHanlan-Courtney-Riley race, received iz © day a $6,000 draft from Rochester, amount unconditionally payable to the wit ner, Bots Blanc island, Detroit Biver, ana tg ‘will be placed RACE TO BE ROWED. New Lonpow, April 3.—The Yale and Ea 2 vard University eights row a fourmll ” straight-away race July 1f at 5 o’clock inti $<: aftemoon. id eet YALE COLLEGE. < Division of Sentiment Among the Yas '¢ > ulty ns to the Use of Herbert Spence? | “Study of Soclology »—Prof, Summ 3 Position. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Yors, April 3—A Times sped = from New Haven says: ‘There Is divs of sentiment among the Faculty of Yale eS lege as to the use of a certain text-bookad 4 teaching of certain doctrines. In its 4 stricted application the discussion cores , the use in the classroom .of Hel Spencer’s ‘Study of Sociology,’ by: Pmt Wilber G. Sunmer, who holds the Chair Political and Social Science. In its fil scope and significance it involves the who’ issue between science and religion, axdi final settlement will decide the attituded . the College toward the modern spirit ot? quiry, which proposes to be guided by reset rather than faith. Prof. Sumner has bet using for some time Herbert Spencer's ¥0 asa text-book for the instruction ofhiselas8 sociology. In the last college term Presiiett Porter sent him a letter, in which he sald tit » doctrines of Spencer were not in accord Be the views of the Faculty, and advised and® *7} quested him to discontinue the use of tt text-book in question. Prof. Samner i uk derstood to have replied that he wasawi" - ofthe ground upon which the Presidestt objections rested. He was not himself Uf i any means in full sympathy with all the be liefs of Spericer, but the rejection of his work would make necessai He cis in socioloeras 6 discontinaanety ¢ class in sociology, as Spencer’s the only-publication of its kind, ‘There ¥4 a full discussion between Prof. Sumner Ha] President Porter and among individ <4 members of the Faculty. Prof Sumner’? clined to be governed by the wish of the ident, urging his right to sclect text-bookt® his own department, a right accorded by memorial usage to Yale Professors, tinued to ube the book. There : ae oes sociology during the present te active cause of disagreemént is remove From Erol. Sumner's Enowa arg a ever, it can hardly lou! will be reopened when the next senior ES comes before him for instruction in wes science. The issue between him dent Porter represents more than the part question whether this or that text-book sy, be put into ‘the hands of unde er uates. Two opposit tendencies of ae ut which have divided the Yale Fa rer into two parties meet and_find clear ex sion in the communications whieh is assed between these two gentiemen.. © Mey inevitable these differences. should oe light. Members of the Faculty know? i, have settled faith and orthodox views age not been ignorant that some of the a need Professors held opluions of a more a iF and liberal description, and were read fd hesitatingly accept. It has beep Te thata courteous contest must some tie Te re sulf, and the outcome: will be awallee Fs leg interest. It is said that the probipl fi ti text-book under discussion -wou't wu the resignation of Prof. Sumner. —<—<$<—<———_—_—$—— LARGE CONTRACT. wet Crscmvsan, April &—The leading 5 manufacturing company of this city else ‘tl to have made to-day the largest, ona { pounds of plateiron for spring and sue

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