, 1863-02-13
The Marine Artillery.

ENC marine AfxlHefys
Editors Chicago Tribune:
Now that the House resolutions respecting
the Marine ARTILLERY, have pasEed the. Senate
at Springfield, can conceive Of no good rea-
son why !, few facts relative to the Condition
Of the men, may not, with propriety, be laid |
before your readers. Accordingly, transcribe
the following, frem letter dated
o,. pen. OK Beam Bo. TIT rs yr99SEara1E,l 9Saa
Gen. Foater, as lust wrote you, was going on
an expedition in short time, and wanted tic Ma
rines 10 &C, bit We did oteev It,. On Monday
onr old officers, came on board the cana1 hoat
where we were. and told ns that Gen. Foster want
Cd US to go with him; that we were to report to
where We were to embark on the videttc, which
was to be the General s boat. Weasked to The
orders from Gsn S i Foster Ms said it xas verbal
the order O'1Ial!cy LIFT the boat. Lieut.. Read
brought guard and We were escorted to the guard
se iii M Ss aaK ahsn se
marched to the Provost AIarshals ONCE, where We
found Gen. Foster, Gen Potter and other officers;
we refused to do duty aud he had come to ask
each man il 1t was 20. He said lie wanted it dis
tinctly understood that we were not going home,
and that il We did not 10 as ordered. We wonld be
ehot; H. then gave the men a chance to enlist III
I anything they wished, but al] remained III the Ma
rine Artillery, They told ua VIZ must go on the
expedition, We wcre put Oh board the cars and
taken 10 Beaufort, and then on the Vidette The
boat ia full, and We have to sleep the spar aud
| gun decks. We were three days in coming from
/ Beaufort. We had very rough timc-evcfy man
| was Eick.
After oil that has happened, I cannot feel that
feay now I csnnot Xii. md viii not You may
| say this I. wrong, that the Government is not to
blame. It Is, and why don't it attend to our troub
When we icit New1crn Capt Hyslop had gone
10 Chicago, The officers said Earrotc the swinllcr.
| LicrtcnantB Swet and Hampton and old Hyslop
| have hrpu rOnff -DrHtffalrd In Nn1ybhrn
Island, caehicrcd and dismissed the service aud
the sentence ordered read at the head Of every reg
| fEent in tile Division,
| Ihavc but word, Mcssrs. Editors, to add
| These men, citizens Of Illinois, good and
| true, are thus continued to be oppressed, sole
| u upon representations made to the COM
| manding officer by scoundrcls Of scarcely less
black -heartcdnees than those cashiered?
They have repeatedly been published in the
| New York papers ns 1nutinous still, doubtless
to further their rascally designs. Precedent,
or no precedent, can the Government afford
to do otherwise than simple justice to these
men, who have been dcmoralized in feeling ut
lenst, by system Of cheating und swindling,
the perpetrators of which have already been
visited with the penalty Of military law.
| A"MAR1SE ART1LLERY'' PARENT.
yA1Ex71SEs.'-acNa1ly & Co., 81 Dearborn
street. arc selling thrir stock Of nice Valentines at
half tic old retail prices. The cheapcst in town.
% One hundred thousand Planters, TRIBUNE
readers and their ncighbors, want the White or
Gray Willow--a good thing, and will pay two or
three priccz, or get spurious or both, buying of
Irresponsible pcdlars. Also, Fruit Trees, Grapes,
Small Fruits, Shrubs, Roses, Evergrecna, etc.
Packing carefully done. Clubs win.
Send tworcd stamps for postage on our Cata-
1ogues aud Willow Circular.
Post yourself, and then order d:rect-trccs and
all together. FIX PuGS11,
fe3-z6sl-1m-d&w Bloomington Nursery, III.
Fon SA1E.-Two envelope machines Of Hawes,
| Worcester, Mass, patent, the most approved in
nsc. They arc provided with IN extra carriage,
aud make three sizes Post otlce Government and
No. 4. Both machines with knives for cutting
paper. Bhafting, and betting, are offered for sale
cheap for cash. Inquire Of c. Il. ScriyeH. 63 Dear
born street. fe11-z9353td.etw
Rcvo1ycrs. Revo1vers!
Colts, Smiths and Wesson's, and all best
makers, at whoc=alc and retail, at Geo. T. Abbcys,
1sG Lake street, agent for Hawards powder. fo116t
| To SEATERs.-PrOfcesionals, amateurs and be-
ginncrs all join in the unqualified praise Of the
Bnl1alo Patent Ankles Supporting Skate Says one:
II have skatcd for years, but never fully appsecI-
atcd the Injury until used yonr Skatcs.'' An
other: Il have sold fine pair Of skates to pur-
chase yours; it wat too much like work to use
thcm; with yours eau enjoy myself any length of
time withcut the least fatigue" Another: ''aly
wife is lcaruing 10 skate upon your skates, and
only q second evening fluids herself as proficient
as those OF her lady friends who hare skatcd two
SEASONS upon other skatcs.'' Sold at wholesale
and retail By ]. Il. johnson, agent for the North
west. corner OF State aud Randolph streets, up
stairs. fe96t
AT7EST1oS.-Go to the Lady Card Writer ut the
metropolitan Hotel for your cards, written In the
neatest etyle. Price per pack for Visiting cards,
including caEds, $1.5o; price per pack for Wedding
cards, including cards, $500; price per pack for
Invitation cards, $500. The address on visiting
cards will be charged twenty-five cents extra per