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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1904. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, ORKGON. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. in. 9 The Hot Fight at Franklin A FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY WAR STORY Nevembar M. 114 1 (Copyrlaht. IK by U. U ftUnaw.j TWO features of the battle fought tt Franklin, Twin.. Nov. 80, imn, placed It turn tig the brll Hunt and bloody coutests of U tlme-nimi'ly, the florjr charge of Gen eral I'Mtrli-k Cleburne's Confederate division mid the fierce eouutercbergs of Geuersl Kmersou Opdycke'a Federal brigede-iind there mi something un usual on foot acting as epurt to mar tini valor, 'III Confederate General J, D. Hood bud cute-red upon the march from Columbia toward Neeuvllle In liopes of untprlwliiK the defenders of middle Teuucesee. and Ueuersl J. M. Hchoneld. with an Inferior force of Fed ernls iiIiiimhI ncr the Confederate front, hnd Impeded the march. Only tb day More Hood bad almnet sur rounded tfclmnVId at Hprlng 11111, but owing, as he asserted, to the alowneaa of hl aulK nlliti t generate In attack- "FALL INI CIIAIUIE IIAYOXKT8! DOUBLK QUICK!" , . . . the crlala. Cleburne'a bannera waved Ing the enemy hnd allpped out of U om tbpm hl- mcu copied a breach trap In the night and by forced (UJ w,dU of R reglnient taAi mtoit miirch reached Franklin, on the aoutb cuM wtb trlumpht wre daahlng nana oi uv iii-viu i UTS o? W town, where a line of alight Intrench-1 ....(..' meuis wns mutiny cuiiairunru, nun weary soldier lay down on their .Tru.s to enjoy a brief rent while the long army trnln were crossing to a surer position north of the stream. The troop of bcholleld's Twenty-third corps, commanded by General J. D. Cox, occupied the main line of works, which extended across the Columbia and Nashville pike, along which Hood waa marching In active, pursuit The extremities ot the workj rested on the river bnnk above and below the on tne river nnns aoove ami www town, and the only break In the Una waa at the point where tnt put ran, ... . -m through. Tnere a gap naa oo i. in order to accommodate the trains and' artillery aa well as the brigade bnng-, Ing up the rear. These latter, three In number, belonged to Oeneral D. M. V ana wear cw aa ou,u ne n.u -rT J. .-..... u 1 hMiMd tbeiu. thouab surely no such Btaoiey a 1 wenu-iwuriu vviyw atttuted Wagner's dlvtolon, SUnley rroaaed to the north bank of tb liar- p4tn with Wood s aivuion oi nis corp, leaving Wagner to hndl the rear . -. V . . . ... n.r'. dtuton two. Conrad's and! line's, were baited by Oeneral Cox's order on knoll balf t mile in ironi oi the general line and covering the gap tne general line uu wiuui In the worka at the pike. Wagner I . - . . i . . VmassAN f Third tirisnde. led bv General Emerson Opdycke, filed through the gap Into the works at Franklin, and tb men rested In reserv behind Cox'g owq division, close to tb pike. When the Confederate line wr forming for tb attacXleborn'a divi sion held the right and rested on tb pike confronted by tb Federal workl anil troops already described. Hood atated to hia aubordlnntes that be de sired that the enemy be driven Into the Harpeth river at ail hasards, and, an ticipating hot work, Cleburne asked permission to form hla division Into three llnea of one brigade each. Hood granted the request, although General Stewart's corps of his army hnd not come up and his line was shorter thun lie, desired. . Cleburne's division advanced alonu the Columbia pike, which bl8eoted the Union line near the center, the most hnxnrdous point to attnek. the works bolnit the heaviest and the best mnnneJ with troop" nn.l cannon. There were thirty-eight Union guns In t!m works nnd In reserve, In or near tho pike In the center. The first opposition to Cle burne's iismmlt was made by the brl-i,-mles of Lane ml Conrad of Way division. These troops hari ... . I,t., r.,, flin V null trenirtlioiHHl meir pusiin'u " by constructing si Ight breastworks. Tin! . ..i , ... u.i tiioin or i i' iuum i y .. . ..... , .ii..,. int.i finw of a Ioiib lino of Confeilcrates moving rap- ' " " . kmiui Idlv In nerfect onier, " waving and bayonets glistening in tho v, r,v nt the aouins iuu- With yell, Cleburne'a men rushed Into the work a, and when the defend ers, after a brave but useless resist ance, broke for the rear they followed t their beele, shooting down ana turlng hundreds and crying out to anuther. "Go Into the work and i 1 cap- i one take them!" More like wild men then than soldiers, Cleburne's excited followers flashed over the half mile that lay be tween the captured outer line and the stronghold on the pike. The estoniahed defenders of the second line dared not lire upon the aaaallants for fenr of hit ting comrades who were either leading riotiurue'a men or mlnellna- with them In their mad race. Once at the rear works the onset of Cleburne's men was so Impetuous that the soldiers on the paroiet were literally run over, and In a few minutes, or before the re serves In the third line comprehended tb. Pike to pounce upon " . .7 Mi'iinwlille Oudrckee soldiers, un - , ' . , ," J- f I e front, hud been taking the breathing spell richly earned by serving as reur gunrd on the march tbnt any. Ondvcke hnd no orders except to rest his troop. The soldiers were getting ready their suppers or muncning raw rations when the breastworks they had Just marched paet were carried by a llgutnlug ruab of the Confederates, who then were at their heels. The men Instinctively threw down their band- , - ' , . . . . "rend and pork and took up - n nnunt ih man In re war - swarmlnt and shooting on the ' wuerr u, """' Opdycke'a wmmanda rang out aa calm. ... , combination of orders bad ever been called for theretofore. "First brlg.de. - olckr were the worda. Then for an kntm In tKat narmar anai niirM the hotteat open Held and brenatworka struggle of the war. Tha rmfuderatea on the rlelit and left of Cleburne'a column, catching " v - up the advantage gained by his thun- J.Ja VvlMvvrai tntetawt In than BBiail K" if derlna- blows. Joined In the asssult to driva tha wadve home. Stewart's be lated corps, having come up after Cle burne formed big line, found the apac too narrow between the pike and riv er to accommodate Its brigades, and thMUt anrmd ta th left' followlne In Cebars', footstep and fighting ovfr tne aame grouna. aeaerai oincera iu the worka alona the Dike counted thlr teen separate and distinct Confederate assaults on their rront rive t ourea erute generals, Including Cleburne, war killed and elffht severelr wound ed in close contact with' the Union works. But not generals alone bore off the honors for valor on the field of Frank lin. Soldlera vied with their leaden in reokle-M exnosure of their lives. Of ten rival flags floated aide by aide on the same pnrapet, and their benrera or defendere fought around them with clubbed rifles and with bayonet neea na millers. The Seventy-second Illi nois rej-lment of Wagner's division wns nearly wiped out, every Held offl rr Un eolor iruiird. consisting of a sergeant nnd eight corporals, and 150 mnn iieins shot down. The Forty- fourth Missouri (Federal), lying next to tho gap where the tlrst DreaK oc curred, changed front under nie nnu i-uum, i..",,,- - mntntalned its ground, with Tnirrv-iour Kiuru nmi ,.n..,, .-. ! ,n,wimi The i-nrnnue on the Confcd erate side was still more terrible. Scho- a.u .ij i.i. .ml mid nr n L'hr rross- ncm m-m u B.v . : the river unmoleste.1 by Hol s shat lereaaruiT. ".."-.- rears ' A scowling look is alto gether unnatural." All the features of Pears' Soap arc pleasing. A natu rally good soap for the complexion. Bold by lb cakf sod In bous. CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL Oalr Oa Bas-llck Klaar, llearr IT4 Mae Baea Batoatfte Tacr. The ancient cathedral at Canterbury shelters tlie remains of only one Eng lish king, Henry IV. That this par ticular monarch should have been en tombed there is the more remarkable luce he brent brl bis last In the Jem- lult-ni chamber of Westminster abbey, and It might naturally nave reen aup nuaed In the circumstances that b would have been laid to rest In tb ab bey, where so many other of England kings sleep their last sleep, u seems, however, tbnt Henry before his death gave orders thst he waa to be burled In the cathedral at Canterbury oppo site the tomb of his uncle, Edward, the Black Prince. For hundreds of yean a story was current tbnt on the way down the riv er a hurricane arose and that the peo ple on board the vessel, convinced tnat tin. Mii.n.i whs cuiiMcd by the fact that n king's body wns on board, enst the corpse Into the water In tho ucna oi night nnd, filling tho coffin with rub bish, brought It with nil pomp nnd cir cumstance to the cathedral, nome veiirs iil'o the dean nnd chapter resolv ed to get at the truth of the story. Ho they opened the royal tomo ana im li.il.'s lead collln. For one brief moment dean nnd chapter gnxed upon the kliiKly lineaments of that inonnrcu whom Klmkesneare descrllies as ssy aspiring Holingliroke." Only for a mo-, incut, however, ns the body crumoiea tn , tint n I most at once. But Canter bury now knows tieyond all doubt that an English king rests within Its wans. DID HIS BEST. II Rroaaht iha Oalr Caat noon That He Coald Flad. If the report of the Fulton Gatctte la true a Missouri farmer, accompanieu by several of bis hired men, went Into the woods one morning in tne ran pi th vM,r in wit down some trees. When about to begin work It waa discovered that the cant hook bad been icri oe hlnd. Turning to one of the men, an irishman not very long over, the farm er Instructed him to drive back to the barn for the missing tool. The insn man did not know what a cant book i.v,kd like, but waa averse to exposing bis Iguonnce. so drove off on his er rand, trusting to nnd some one ai me farm who would enlighten him. a i tim hum however, there was no nna tn heln htm out of his dilemma. Casting his eyes about the plnee for the thing thnt would be most useiy n i.nr the name of "cant noon, ne eaw a mulley cow with never a sign of a horn upon Its Head ana concmu It was what he hnd been sent for. iwnirin a rone he fastened the cow to the rear end of hla vehicle and ex nitinffiv drove back to the woods. , "What the Bam tim nave yyu ui wr' ahouted the farmer on seeing hi. mouaniror aud the COW. "I tent you for the cent hook to use in moving tb logs. What bav you btoukuv u "B Jaben, bosa. dlvii anoiuer iuiuh could I see around tu Darn inai can i hook but tbls Tka Batata. "Ob. Clarence. darUng, so you an bom at lastr "Yes, my precious wife. And how deliriously sweet it Is t? be here!' What airea It ha been!" 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