Show 1RIVAY TRAVEL IN INDIA RAILWAY RIVAY I From Harpers Magazine abound with railway handbooks wih The interest cuTSou information and rules curious informaton naturalist Sheep pigs ing to the if sent singly small tame ltS calves goats sent go panther and chea deer etc and tiger ltger and which are so tah cubs in cages as to be harmless if carried by young trains are charged at double passenger animal Cats for each rates animal the dog ferrets mongooses monkeys and rab and chain bits secured with a collar chargeable as dogs are Prudent natives when shifting their r natves quarters during the snake season frequently the family mon quently take along famiy quenty ta measure For goose as a precautionary measure For KB unprepossessing those unfamiliar with this unprepoase ing but harmless little beast it may be lt1e here remarked that he belongs to the ichneumon caste and as his vocation is the killing of snakes he is everywhere a welcome visitor He looks something like an undersized otter is quick and spasmodic in his movements and is often found under the toed in a long vacant Dal bungalow whence he suddenly sud-denly scuttles away as the door is opened open-ed scuttes disappears with a whisk of his the tail in the chimney place or down nearest hole At one station four coolies passed along the platform carrying aloft a cliaipie on which reposed a cheetah chained and blindfolded When we first caught sight of him he was sitting up caugh cat with his ears laying fat lte the sulky against his head wearing sulty and injured look which all felines have under adverse circumstances A few passengers who got off before we reached I reach-ed Jodhpore were provided with falcons and hawks some of them s large and I bulky as to be rather unwieldy and while these passengers fumbled for their tickets the birds sat on their shoulders or balanced themselves on their voluminous turbans t i e + p FOUR TIMES BURIED I The Body of Itentemmt Bradford Stran ely Dishonored ami as Strangely Honored in War By T J MACKEY Late Captain of Engineers C S A Copyrighted 83J by S S McClure Limited I There were but few prominent citizens I citi-zens of South Carolina who were avowed Union men after war became I flagrant The foremost Union man in the state was Dr Albert G Mackey of Charleston His views were well known to his fellow citizens for he had publicly declared them and predicted pre-dicted the final triumph of the arms of the Union He was the most eminent I Free Mason in the United States and his works upon Masonic science were recognized as of the highest authority throughout Europe as well as this country having been translated even into the Russian language His exemption ex-emption from the harsh treatment usually us-ually inflicted by the civil authorities in the south upon known Union men was doubtless due to his Masonic character char-acter which invested his person with a certain degree of sanctity and secured se-cured for him an amount of toleration that would have been otherwise denied de-nied him He was the apostle of charity to the Union soldiers imprisoned in Charleston Charles-ton and his presence often cheered the gloom of their prison walls They were generally in sore need and to relieve re-lieve their wants he consumed nearly his entire estate converting i into money from time to time to supply them nourishing food and comfortable clothing On learning the morning after an unsuccessful assault on Fort Sumter by the Union forces on the night of September 8 1S63 that a number num-ber of wounded Union soldiers had been brought to the city he visited the military hospital and there saw Lieu mitary tenant Charles H Bradford of the I Maine corps I Dr Mackey had been the demonstrator i demon-strator of anatomy in the medical college col-lege of South Carolina where he had graduated with the highest honors and had achieved distinction as a surgeon before retiring from practice to engage in literary pursuit Upon his earnest solicitation he was permitted permit-ted by the chief surgeon of the hospital hos-pital a brother Mason to take exclusive exclu-sive charge of Lieutenant Bradfords case A careful examination satisfied him that the wounds though serious were not necessarily mortal and with skilful treatment and careful dieting aided by the patients robust physique he felt assured of his ultimate recovery recov-ery That the young soldier had fallen while upholding the fag of the Union was sufficient to inspire the doctors interest in him but the interest was deepened by the discovery that he was the son of an old friend a Mason of distinction whose hospitality he had enjoyed at Bangor Me before the war THE PHYSICIAN FORBIDDEN TO SEE HIS PATIENT After three months of assidious nursing nurs-ing Lieutenant Bradford apparently crossed the danger line and was rapidly convalescing But on Christmas Christ-mas day when Doctor Mackey made his accustomed morning call intent upon cheering up the soldier on that saddest of all days to the prisoner and i the exile he was met at the door of the hospital by the surgeon in charge I who handed him an order from General Gen-eral Beauregard forbidding his admittance II admit-tance to the hospital for any purpose whatsoever I The surgeon himself expressed deep chagrin at the issuance of such a I chagin i harsh and unwarranted order by the department commander and humanely I permitted the doctor to bid his patient farewell He also promised to send him word and admit him to the hospital I hos-pital at the risk of a courtmartial should an unfavorable change indicating indicat-ing a fatal termination occur in Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Bradfords condition Every observant physician knows i I that moral causes exert a potent in uence on the vital forces This was strikingly illustrated in the case of the I stridngl iustrated wounded officer for after being separated sep-arated from the friend whose presence had daily cheered him and in whose skillas a surgeon hereposed the most perfect faith he steadily declined in l strength and on the night of January I 12 1S4 Doctor Mackey received the promised summons and was soon at his bedside I THE DYING LIEUTENANTS LAST REQUESTS I Lieutenant Bradford was aware that he was dying and at his request the doctor drew up his will in brief form r which was duly signed and witnessed I He desired that Dr Mackey should take charge of his body and forward it when the war was over to his family in Maine and he especially requested that he might be buried with the flag of the Union upon his breast He died on the following day and his body was delivered to Dr Mackey who had it embalmed and dressed in the official uniform attaching to the lappel of the coat a Passion Cross of silver surmounted sur-mounted by rays of light the jewel worn by an eminent commander of I Knights Templar which Masonic rank Lieutenant Bradford had attained Then the flag was placed by the hand of heart the doctors wife over the soldiers THE FIRST BURIAL At nightfall on January 15 Dr Mackey with his wife and two daughters daugh-ters followed the hearse that bore the body to Magnolia cemetery a mile north of the city The next afternoon a procession composed of fifty or more citizens marched to the residence of Dr Mackey and charged him with having outraged the feelings of the people of Charleston by burying the body of one of the Abolition army in Magnolia cemetery They were not the rabble of the city but reputable citizens and their leader was the Hon W D Porter lieutenantgovernor of the state a gentleman who would have shrunk from a conscious stain upon his honor ft Governor Porter voicing the senti ments of his associates stated that the community were very indignant at the desecration of Magnolia cemetery by f rl T rye r + C 4 tlr DR ALBERT G MICKEY the burial of a Yankee officers body within its precincts and that if the body was not removed before morning it would be taken up and thrown into the sea He further said that it should be buried in the pokers field Dr Mackey asserted his right to bury the deceased officer in his own burial plot to which he had a title in fee simple and then said Gentlemen Gentle-men I regard your demand as abhorrent abhor-rent to civilization itself but as I have no means of resisting it I will exhume the body I shall be laid in the pauper pau-per burial ground as you require I shall place it there in the assured faith that although it is sown ini dishonor it will ere long be raised in glory THE SECOND BURIAL That night he had the body exhume and with his family accompanied the hearse that bore it to the potters field situated nearly two miles west of Magnolia Mag-nolia cemetery As the small funeral cortege wended its way through the darkness the sky was ever and anon kindled up by the flames bursting I from the 200pound shells fired from the gun known as the Swamp Angel located at the south end of Morris island One of the shells completely arched the city from east to west with its fiery cUre and passing over the road not far in front of the hearse burst near the Ashley river eight I miles from > the gun that discharged it I The body was buried in the potters I field between two oak trees that grew not more than ten feet apart and the I exact location was carefully determined deter-mined by course and distance A little more than a year later on I the 18th of February 1S65 one of Dr I Mackeys servants rushed into his presence in a great excitement and informed in-formed him that a number of soldiers had stopped in front of the house Ten days previously he had received from a confederate soldier a friendly I warning that certain civilians had formed a plot to take his life should he appear upon the streets and he had therefore remained in doors and was not aware of the march of events Hence he concluded that the military authorities had ordered his arrest and II resolved to know the worst With somewhat of a martyr spirit he hurried hur-ried out into his piazza to answer the ring of his door bell in person On opening the door he found himself him-self in the presence of a number of persons in the uniforms of officers of the United States army and navy I One of them stepped forward and of I fering his hand said Dr Mackey I I am Admiral Dahlgren I have called to assure you of my gratitude for your devoted kindness to an officer of my staff Lieutenant Bradford These gentlemen of the army and navy have accompanied me that we may show our sincere respect for you as an American patriot and they will deem it an honor to grasp your hand After mutually hearty greetings Admiral Dahlgren relieved the doctor of much perplexity by stating that the Confederates had evacuated Charles ton and its defenses the night before and that the Union forces had taken possession of the city at daybreak He added with emotion that he was aware of the circumstance attending the death and burial of Lieutenant Bradford and that he would at an early day have fitting honors paid to l his remains THE THIRD BURIAL v Three days later a grand funeral procession composed of several thousand thou-sand soldiers marines and sailors with their officers assembled in front of the city hall and marched thence headed by Admiral Dahlgren and General Gillmore behind a hearse draped with the flag of the Union to the potters I field where the body of the heroic officer was exhumed and identified and placed in the hearse with a wreath of laurel and immortelles laid upon the oak coffin that enclosed i The solemn pageant then moved through the principal streets of Charleston and on to Magnolia cemetery ceme-tery teryDuring During the funeral progress numerous numer-ous bands of music In the line played the Dead March in Saul while the flag of the United States floated at half mast on the city hall and citadel and upon the vessels of war and over Fort Sumter and minute guns were fired by the fleet The honored remains re-mains were finally deposited at Magnolia Mag-nolia cemetery in the very grave from Which they lad been exhumed a detachment de-tachment of narines firing the funeral saluteTHE sluteTH FOUT BURIAL They reposed there with a guard of honor posted near them for five or six days Then in accordance with the request of Lieutenant Bradfords family fam-ily they were forwarded to Bangor The dead hero was borne back to his native soil in a vessel of war and consigned con-signed to his final rest beneath a marble mar-ble column which tells how He died that the nation might live I should add that Dr Mackey was i one of the pall bearers at the reburial of the body of Lieutenant Bradford irT Magnolia cemetery He appeared at the funeral also in his official character charac-ter having been appointed mayor of Charleston by General Gillmore who commanded the military department |