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Show camfwze; 1 TAJLJ5S 1 When Ea'jle end Beaver Wed. Th.-ri'a a iiii,l.-ri lm. thuli grown to HI..- 1i n.. of l.n,:,ln' r.llr s.lfl llv.lv II.M in , k l.y hrr relnll.ms. Hit nrnr n. U id,,.! I, k co.inln bin snd An, I ii r,., m, .,iiK)i,,w or otter, Th,.i il,. , ,.,,:i,..i ,,!,, now. Hlu- iii h.iv.- tu I..HVF h-r mother! II, r t.iti e,, in . i,,. prnndlir Wl '"' !'-.T ce.lv eve. him, Ami ir ),,- , .,!... , i,, h,r ,i,,on MM Would ',r. !y ,, ,. In Ml" at.-iri . . si).. r..i.l l.r-r ,1,-Mlny i if i,..i ii'. 'fc',;.i."r.m'rr.r,,H VVI,. ,.. .,, ,,.,,,,, ,ir,.. Itrltnittibi n,:i ., i..,r f ,r.,w aliod Ik n . i .I.M.. IU, , i., , ,w. I,, r. "',.1 "111 Hi,. II.,.,'. i,.,a ' Wlull 111,. ...k, ,,, tl. I r. .s Hun. Oesth of Major-Gen. Reynold. "Hen, II illil it f. work; )im may cinno down now." Nearly fnriy years ncn on the morn-ItlK morn-ItlK of the. 111 hi li nl July, IMill. Ih words were spoken by a Confederate officer, ami a lunky. li iti .ll.-xn youth clambered down limn hi. perch In tha tni bran. hc nl a cherry lri', lth a rlllo villi cm,, king in hla hands. Hlmuliiiiiecui'ly, nml only VUil yards away, a gallutil lnloti general, an army cor lender, un whose shoulders gleamed the stars lift . lt -n I n k 111" rank, fell from his horae Kith a bullet ho In In hi. head, nn, I ho ill,', I before hi. aid. mill, I reach hit side. Thla I. Hi.' story of the di'ath of Major-Ucn. lie) in. Ida. I'enimylvunla's beloved soldier nun, at the opening of the flrat ilay'a tint tip at Gettysburg, told by the aharliooter who hail lalil blm low, and now published for the Brut time. The ln.li.ent has hern till ti-no ti-no almnHt unvoiced, for the iiinn who when only a hoy of 10 years lircd the fatal ahnt hus bitterly repented of It. Ilia name In H. njiunln Thorpe, and be la now, at the aw of r,ti, what he wns In the wnr. the eraek .hut of North Carolina and he .till Uvea on his anroMral mica JuM outside the vlllax of Sutler hlto. Hen Thurjie la not proud of ht. achievement and only to hi. more in tliiiale frlet ,1k will he tulU of the .hot fired front the trc-tip tlinl July morn Inn jrearn ago. When ho doe apeak of It there la H. I iiiui ii t regret In hie tone. Iln regretted It the dny he learued who tile dlKiltcuilshed target which hla bull, 'I .truck '. and he ba. never ci'a.i'd to reuiet it. Lonely be live. ujion 1,1. hla plantation, planta-tion, hla only i-ompaulniia. crept fur Northern visitors being a half .core of noKro hanilH and twenty i:iutnt and feroelolla loci. tug .h erhouii.ln. He bus never married. All day on the ih'tti of .luce. im;j. the lesion, of 1 Lot ";'r,, -i und 11.11 had been sweeping lit) Itnlu l.'.e l!ouih-em l!ouih-em iilnln. In fie illt -i:i,ii or ;. nv.-bur nv.-bur litt,t.l u;),hi ilc.t.i,' tin- l ul'-n army of llo,M.r nml M "i " "i',l , ,,'ii Inn up the Inlr, m :itvl ,1, i vn'.'evn and iiioxl k,iiiI,,iik . itio. , 1 tin. N.u ih ti) plllnt'e. In the van w.-re the C,mi(.',!.'1 ii' lirlcanda of Ivilli.n u : ! A.. !t. r. of llcnth . dlvl,lnii lllll . , .p. ui',1 awlnalnR up the t'lwtiiil'i:n!iii io:rl tlila force, on llii. ni iinl'V i July I bad taken up u ronnnioelii p,, lil.ui Juat helow tSetnll'ilry l;u!,.e. !tt Pherxm'a wood, an, I :il..,it uu o.J fartu hou.e which ht,m,l Jut 1k'hmiI Ihem lay the Twenty fij th N.i th Cir olli.a Infantry, en. h it, an h .m -i li nn r. trained by Iuiik ivn, -. e m i i 'i ,i uulrrel fnitn the lop of a lull t !". And a hundred or inoie of ihe.e harpahootera luy Hiiut;ly hl.id.'it In th tiipa of the tro tm.l, r onl. i lo .In Cle out lnluii oitl'erH an th.dr tiuarry. ,arlng them and hnhlh.t; u connnnil. in po.lllon on the ri.-i ..' inluuiy IllflKe were III" !' Let :i: ;!'. and cavalry under Unfold. Thua ntntter. cie .1 ai ' i 'i ! ! "ii he mornliiK of litly I. ..,:'ii U"n Iteynolda, Ih.'li ei mn .i.i'l !, I'll' -I Army Corp. and h. I'!!.-' il'-- ! ' ..f the Union line. . .un.- i-nl', i ! ; el,,' the Kininelahiiri: r,.:t,l li . Ins h.n.l-cptartora h.n.l-cptartora In hiImok.- ,,t '.'il l voi-th' divlalnn. In which we e Ir.t ' n l.- l llio Klfty-elxlh IVni Mltitfn i, ' .i . t .. tha Hel-tmd Wl.enu.ill. !!' m-tt.-l "Iron" brlnade: iiil, lily in- i, tned io plan of battle und a f,,u :i the rtee. ond Wlaeonaln nrrlved upon the m l J noil of the H.Mi.ln.n y I .,'.!. r--d t'e ,n to rharise the nortlf.i, i ,1 o M, iVo-r-on'a wooda, wln-re Anmr't c.ii.f.il-erate c.ii.f.il-erate brtxade lay lii.l.i. n mil cap, lire the poaitlnn. They obeyed ami carried out the order given, hut witnr idea of 1 1 ,,M may be gained ft. in the no t thai the tierond WI.coiu.ln left "::; : t I In the wondi. The death roll of I'.,- Twenty-litb Twenty-litb North Carolina In that .nine bloody affray &. Aa the gallant ohame wn. ii.a.le Oen. Reynold, .at tiou hi. hor... op amall eminence near the curhern ad of the wood. Isritili u otd. M to hl Idea for the mov-ment or oilier troop.. He had lust liir I h Ij. lieu. I to look for hi. Huppnnli eolunn,. hc.I ttaalen them on when a rule l.ail struck him In the luiek of ihe lo ad freed from the firm Inn .1 iiiu ti Lie rein, hla hor.e phifi-fl a f -w rodn forward before t Mrlilien ruler fell to the ground dead. And. ihi yard-, iiwev the Ce-if..,,.r-la officer .oHiiK Ii I tit rail lowered lli-Slaeee. lli-Slaeee. he bad held lo hi. ei and grimly ald. "Hen, It dl.l It. work ." Hen Thoi'ie had hern one or Ihe hundred Mharih'.it'i. f elected from lb Twenty lxth North run llna de- .lilte the fact that he wail hut IB year. old. and the p. -anion aa.ltneil lo Ii It" a In the top of . cherry tree which toe iteand. -.1 Ihe low ciound or twale ou r whhh the 1'nlon troop, muni niaito their way to rench Me-I'herson'a Me-I'herson'a wmel l. Wl nt followed la heal told In hla own word.: "I hrol h.en In the ire,, toil perhap. half an hour when ihe w.. onln rei metil rat hartilng aeroa. the low n roil lid low li, . the wood., and lull made a couple of alioi.. when the ,ar-ty ,ar-ty of otll, era r,i, p ,, H- little knoll and balled "1 un; trying to n,al,e up niy mind Which one I aliollld liy r When III)' lliiiie.ini.l aii.eaied under the Ire.-nnd Ire.-nnd b "it, oh- r Inir h. parly Ihroiiyll hla l'e. . .:i . a. a moment Inter he Klain e l 1 1 1 and al.l: " 'lien. y, ,n k. the tall. nrnl;:ht man In Ihe cent, t of the sroiip? lie I. evidently an ..liner of fonie hldi rnuk nnd I. dliei tiuK opcintlona which threaleti our Hue. Kit hi your gun at 7oi) yard, anil ae If you can reach blm.' "1 did as be told me, hut .aw that the bullet .truck far ahorl of the mark. " That waa a llllle thorl. Hen,' aald my ll.'.ileiiant, and after another long aud rareiul glance throiiKli hla field glan.ea he aald; "rJIk-ht her at 9i yarda thla time and hold ateady, for wo mint have blm.' "Carefully I algblerl my long-bar relied rltle at the range given, and. alea lying It on a big limb, took good aim and fired. I knew be for o the report re-port died away, before I aw (Jen. Iteynolda fall, that the .hot had been a good one, and would reach ItA mark. "I .aw the hnr.a plunge forward, aw the rider away and fall from bia addle, and then heard the voice of my lieutenant aaylng: "'Han. It did He work. You may come down now, It'i time for ua to be moving.' "Not until long afterward did I leurn who It in my bullet had hroiiKht down, nnd when I did learn, when I heard and read of what a great and cood man and aplrudld aoldler I had brought to deiuh, I waa genuinely rorry. I havo been aorry ever alnro and when the wai wu. over 1 look neenalon to write to hi. rvlutlvee Informing In-forming them of the facta and uxpruae-I uxpruae-I li B my sorrow and regret. "I have Idler, from them, aplendld Idler. In which they tell mo not lo worry over It, that waa Ihn fortune of war, and that they could bold no anl-uio.liy anl-uio.liy or haired aguiti.t a eoldlnr boy who had fought a. he believed and Imply obeyed hla upurlor officer', order.. "II wa., of rour.e, the fortune of war. hul I lannot help feeling even at thla late day that It wa. a cruel for-tu'ie for-tu'ie which .elected me, a mere boy. lo brim lo hl ili'tilli thla i;nllnnt gen-.nil gen-.nil wl.o had won tame and oacaped tiie em mica' bullet, on .o many lb Id.. "I have read III. hlatery .luce. Ho viia a crund man on hla record, and Mom nil 1 have oilierwlae hniid. aud !l onl..- wNh I loubl niiilu my work I The fut-tuer boy .harpahiKiter wa. inn, h Inierraii d In a ileKi rlpiloii of the loir, 1. 1 t round nt 1 llllcaaler, I'a., where I " i.-n. Uowiohl. and hi. brulher, Admiral Ad-miral William He) toil, I. are burled aide by ,ide, nml of the manner In whli h John K. lie) nolda I'oat, !. A. It., who-e henibiuarter. are at l-'l'R Houlh Cliihtli .met. thla city, annually dec-oinl.d dec-oinl.d Hen. Ileyolilda' grave with flower.. flow-er.. He ilecliired hla Inteniliiu of him-a. him-a. -If hen. ling a floral tribute next Memorial Me-morial day U be lived In aee It. l'lttl-burg l'lttl-burg l.ead:-r. Thourjht He Meant Scott. Chniilnln Jo.eph Tw in hell of Hart-, Hart-, for i. Conn., tella a atory of certain corta.i'itl in hi. reitlmeut, a gay-hearted ' follow and a rood aoldler, of whom he I nna very Ion. I. tin onanlon of hla ro-I ro-I covcry fn.tn a ilanuoroiia li-Une.a tho chaplain r. lt It hla duty to havo a eiiuua manual talk with the corporal while be waa convalescing, and at. bed hla oKirtuiilly for It. "A I nil i n" day " .ay. Mr. Twltchell, "on the able or hi. bed lii the huiipltal tent I'ha'ilug w ith blm, he aake.l mo what the ctttnpnlr.n wit. going to be, I told hhu Kiuii I ,11. lti't know. 'Well,' .aid be. I .uppoac that lien. McClellan l.nowH all alHMit It.' I anawered: '(i"ll. MeClcllau ha. hlH plan., of cntir.e, but lie doian't know; thing, may ev,t cetne out ua he evicctH.' 'Hut.' Bald the cortionil, 'rreauli-nt Lincoln knowa. loean't lie?' 'No.' I cald, bo dtM'.n't know, either. Hi, ha. hta Idea., hut he can I aee ahead any more than (Ion. MeClcllau can.' 'Deur me.' aald the lorpurtil, 'It would be a great comfort U then, waa a ebody thai did know about tbeae thlug'--Aud I aaw my i hatiee. 'Coi'iN.ral,' I ohaorved, 'thal'a a very natural feeling; ami thehlcM.ed liait la, there ia One who doi-a know cw-rytliluK. PUNI.' pre.ent anil future, about ou and me and about ia a,'iu); who know, when we are going to move and where lo and what'a going go-ing to buppen; knowa the whole tiling.' 'Oh.' .aid Ihe corporal, 'you iiM-uu old I" oil." " Army aud Navy Journal. Value of Dlamonda. The value of Ihe diamond. In tha l ulled Hiaie. I. e.tiniated to be f'.uo.-Ui'U.unil. f'.uo.-Ui'U.unil. Of thl. amount II 70.0u(i,000 aurtli are owned by roddcuta of New York. |