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The Republican journal., 1882-08-10
Agricultural Shows Their Abuses.

An experienced stock man, Col Weld,
pu,s Officers, Exhibitors and Spectators
y. Fairs Nh THEM guard He writes in
tile August american Agrjculturist as
follows.
Influence is brought to bear upon tie
lE ot awards in various ways One
man ajli openly address q iudge in praise
IF his competitors exhibit and loudly call
attention to the best points. but quietly
regret certain defects. or express doubts
about the ace or breeding Of the animals.
or other points affecting the competing
rNhibt. Sometimes 2 third party dis
rdsses matters with a Judge in a disinter-
r0ted. friendly way, talking up his friends
stock ur goods and trying to prejudice
him against other exhibits 1t is very
bard to guard jury against such intlu-
rncc ! have known the principal Off
rcrs of Agricultural Societies take Judges
to one side and indicate how in their
Judgment the awards should go. bv cali
nG special attention to certain enteries
ID those who were known to he on terms
vi personal friendship viii them. and
disparaging others OF damaging them
with faint praise. There NAV be men
appointed rs Judges who are unfit to
serve, and who know it themselves.
These are wide awake t. watch and
listen and tiud out what practical men
thlnk, and it is very easy, if it is known
t4at they are not strong. to influence
r"ru An exhibitor who goes to the
-4eH 90 get plizcs by fair means or foul,
" tt measure such a man at the first
The Republican journal., 1882-08-10

General Raun's report of the workings of
the Internal Revenue Bureau during the past
year shows the entire collections Of internal
revenue tax for the past fiscal year amounting
to STAG, ,520, 123.11 have been accounted for and
turned into the Treasury. During the past six
fiscal years S74S .S3l ,01l.01 have been collected
from internal revenue taxation and paid into
the Treasury without any loss by defalcation.
The Republican journal., 1882-08-10

James 5. Brisben, who has given much
attention to st0ckrdiSing and who predict
Ell the present high prices Of beef three
years ago, has written the New York
Herald very interesting letter from
Montana Territory regarding the beef
prospects of this country. In the first
place he says that the present beef
famine. ~ only panic, but it is a warn
lhS ol what may occur If our people do
not take pains to raise more cattle. Mr.
Bnsben gives the figures to show that
the increase OF cattle in the United States
ms not kept pace with the increase of
opulatlon-that since 1860 only four
States and Territories have increased
their stock compared with the popuIa-
tion,) five have stood still and thirty have
decreased. Last year we had for our 80
900, 600 Of people }3,000,0 600 of cattle,
39,000,O00 OF sheep and 34,0OOOO0 of
swine This, meagre as it is, is not a fair
statement, because so many beef cattle
are shipped abroad. Last year Mr..
Brisben says that our population in
creased one and a half per cent while our
stock supply was Increased only one per
cent. At this rate it will not take long
to make beef permanently high and be-
yond the reach cf millions of people At
the present time the raising Of beef cat
tie is most profitable industry. The
writer asserts from his personal obserya-
tion that a stock raiser with fair sized
herd can make from 20 to 50 per cent
annually on his money-that several cat
tie raising companies have annually di-
vided 25 per cent. besides receiving
handcnmn Snrnluc for iporoocinp thpir
herds. He further states that the re-
ports that there is no longer good graz
ing lands in the far West are invented by
stockmen, who desire to maintain their
present gains. He declares that it will
pay to raise beef in this country for 3d.
600, 900 of people, and that it can be done
without largely enhancing the cost of
production.
The Republican journal., 1882-08-10

1t is Il fact well known to the respective
friends of the two senators, that McssrS. FRYE
and Hill have been paired ever since the forced
retirement of the latter on account of i'll health.
This arrangement reflect credit upon both gen
tlemen, the one for providing for the interests
of his party during his absence. and the other
for honorably observing the engagement SO long
during many exciting contests. We have heard
no complaints against the perfect good faith of
Senator Frye. n. q. CITY Item.
The Republican journal., 1882-08-10

Never address your conversation to person
engaged in footing up Il column of figures.
There's nothing 50 deaf as IN adder.
The Republican journal., 1882-08-10

"Why is young man like Il kernel of corn?'
asked young lady. because. answered an
other, "he turns white when he pops
The Republican journal., 1882-08-10
VOLUME 81.
Value of Farms.

The following summary shows the ex-
traordnary growth in the valuation of
the Farms of the United States, in so
brief period as only twenty years:
1S60-Census total valuation S3,21 80, l26
1S10-t ensuS total valuation 9 2G2 .S03 sci
1SS0-Census total valuation 10 1877 .l61 800
1t is to be noted. that 1870 was time
of great initiation in the estimated valu-
alton of all landed property, under a de-
precated paper currency, and at an era
of high speculation while in 1880. after
a long period of great depression. real
estate had hardly began to feel the large
improvement in the money value OF al
most everything. Probably fairer esti-
mate of the gold valuation of the Farms
would be like this;
ls60-.--- S3.22,l ,57d.426 1880. $40. .l911Gl 800
$50 10000 600 1852 oc., l.. 900 900 900
Indeed If we allow for the very large
breadth of wild land changed into farms
during two years past. and the rapid in
crease in value per acre IN the leading
agricultural States like Illinois, Iowa.
etc, the present valuation Will hardly
fall short of Fifteen Billion Dollars. and
the increase in round billions in - years
would perhaps range thus: 1859. Ihree :;
in 1870. Sir to SerrH: in 1880. Ten, in
los2, F0HrteeH. American A@riculturist.
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To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
I am subscriber to your very valuable paper,
and have introduced it to many of my neigh
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ing the great wisdom of Solomon and the
structure of his temple, The half has not
yet been told,' from the fact that every man
could write a history differing in part from
each other. was prisoner Of war, confined
in Southern prison pens for seventeen months.
l enlisted in the Federal army August 10, 1861,
and November ), 1863, the Twenty-third Ten
nessee infantry, being the regiment to which I
belonged and the Second Illinois battery were
captured at or near Rodgersville, East Tonnes
see. and on the next day we were all drawn
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life. We were then sent to Belle ISLE where
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Here many more Of US lost our lives. There
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TIE SIEGE oF KNOXVILLE.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
notice in the last TRIBUNE that an account
Of the siege of Knoxville viii commence in
your most excellent paper soon and 1 look for
ward with interest to its perusal. I was
member Of the Forty-1ifth regiment PennsyI-
vania volunteers, Ninth Corps, General Burn
side commanding. We moved by way Of Cairo
and Cincinnati-a long, weary march over the
mountains of East Tennessee-and arrived at
Blue Springs on the Sth of October. There we
had brush with the rcbs the Forty-ffth being
thrown forward as skiunishcrs. 4 charge was
made upon the enemys works, and they were
driven from their position. We followed them
TO Rheatown, and returned TO Blue Springs. On
the 18th we were drawn up in line Of battle on
the Kingston road, the enemy driving in the
skirmishers but refused TO advance. On the
10th the brigade moved toward Knoxville. On
reaching the Junction a line Of battle was
formed; the FOrty-iith deployed as skirmish-
crs; there we drove the enemy back in confu-
sion. Constant marching, and now and then
skirmish, occupied the time Of our regiment
until the Both, when we were ordered to build
winter quarters; we chcerfully obeyed; went
10 work with a VIII, and soon had good, com
tDTLIblc 4LtILSI5. IuJ our IC5J was Oh 5HDIJ
Duration for on November II we were called
90 confront General Loug5treet, who was then
six miles below Loudon. Again the enemy was
encountered and driven back We were then
Withdrawn to Lenoir Station. Thus it was all
the wav-marchiug, sllirmishing, falling back,
contesting every foot Of ground, until we
reached Knoxville, and then the siege began.
Seventeen days we were almost surrounded by
tbe enemy. with only half and quarter rations,
nearly barefoot, poorly clad, working night and
day throwing up breastworks, digging in
trcrcbrnepts and constructing Notifications for
the defence Of the city. If the enemy had
known our exact situation before our works
were completed they could have captured every
one Of rs, for they were two to our one. Know
inc this we used all manner of devices to keep
them at a proper distance. We formed net
work of wire and strung it along in front of
our lines We took a few prisoners now and
then. One of them asked me, what IN -
We had fxed?" He asked " if it was Yankee
tTap?" ! asked "to what regiment he be-
lonPed?" He said "a Georgia regiment Il
forget the number). l said, then this Is the
third time the Forty-tifth Pennsylvania has
lad a fight with YOU" EesP said he. put
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IaUs %. , NIVLA ANVs5 . a. O1o
EUISUEK, Oct s.
A VOICE FROM KANSAS.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
That The NATIONAL TRIBUNE IS a
great paper, and that it is the best and
only true friend of the soldier 1 am at all
times and in all places ready TO acknowl-
edge, and that I appreciate it and will give it
my hand and support is evident from the fact
that l DO not allow my subscription TO run out.
But to raise a club in this community is out Of
the question, from the fact that we are burnt
ont in this part of the country this year, and
every soldier and every other man that can be
induced to take the paper takes it now. But
at any time that 1 can, in any way, do any
thing to help you in the great undertaking in
which you are engaged, will cheerfuiy do so.
Yours, &c, VIM LEE,
Company A, 10th Iowa inft vols.
MTTTARD KAN
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AnderSOnVille Annals Recorded by
Suffering Soldiers.
EPISTLES TO THE EDITOR.
Camp-f1res Kept Up by Our
Country Subscribers.
THAT ANDERsoNv1LLE HANGING.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Some questions have arisen respecting the
statement in your paper about the hanging OF
the six men in Andersonyillc, wherein Free
Lance SAYS that one man broke away, was re-
captured and beaten to death by the mon As
was an eyewitness Of this transaction, wish
to make the following statement: When the
men were at the foot Of the scaiIold, and some
Of them were already on it, one Of the prison
crs. named Curtis, who was the farthest from
the gate broke away from the police, and ran
short distance, but was Tccapturcd and placed
on the scafIold with the rest; the sacks were
drawn over their faces, the trap fell, and five
men hung in the air. The man nearest the
gate broke his rope and fell TO the ground;
he was helped again to mount the scatiold, and,
as the platform was already down, he was
pushed of the scaffold by man who was called
Timber jim. The man who broke his rope, l
think, was the one they called Mosby. Warren
Lee Goss, in the Soldiers Story" says the man
nearest the gate was the one who broke away,
when it was Curtis, or the one farthest from
the gate. Curtis did not break his rope, but he
did run away from the guards. This was before
he was tied at all, and before he had mounted
break his rope from the sudden strain as he fell,
but did not clear himself of his harness. The
man was too stunned to be able TO walk ten
yards, let alone run away. All 1 saw him
do was to lean against the staging for moment
and moan until his eXecutioners assisted him
TO mount again, and pushed him of the scafold,
strangling him to death. II there is any COM
rade who does not see this in the same light Us
! do, 1 would be happy to hear from him
through your paper. 1 don't want to be under
stood as meaning that he broke the rope by any
efforts of his own. The names Of those uufor-
tunate men are as follows: John Sarsfeld One
Hundred and Forty fourth New York; William
Collins, Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania; Charles
Curtis, Fifth Rhode Island artillery; Pat. Den
aney, Eighty third Pennsylvania; A. Mum,
United States navy; w. R. Richer, United
States navy. These names are taken from the
record, and the men were executed July IL,
1864
Yours, in F., c., and L.,
JAMES a. MCGINLEY,
9Th n. Y. Cavalry.
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A Veteran Which Draws no Pension.

From The Louisville COttrier-JottrnaI1
At Lexington the other day the survivors of
the Fourth Kentucky Infantry adjourned to
see Old Dick" the horse ridden by Lieut.. Col.
Burgess Hunt through the war. Although,
having but one good eye and aged twenty six,
Dick carries his head rs high as any thorough
bred in Kentucky. He still carries on his
shoulder the scar made by bullet that passed
through his riders leg, severely wounding
him
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don't we fight as good as you dor" I said
yes, you fight well but if you were safely
home and free YOU would not enlist to fight
against us again, would you?" Yes" said he,
with emphasis, by -, I would
I viii now close by saying TIE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE is a welcome visitor in my family,
ami all who see and read it think it truly the
soldiers friend. 1 have the promise of more
subscribers soon.
NORRIS ELDRED,
Late Co. F, 45th Reg't Pa. Vols.
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"Have you NO love for the beautiful, them"
queried she, in winsOIne tones. "N-n-o, but
think 1 should have, if 1 only dared"
"Have courage, young man" "Oh, wasn't
thinking of You at all. /" But she hustled
out of the room, hating herself for having
sprung the trap too soon.-B0stOH GlO5e,
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WORTHY OF SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT.
WILLARD, KAN.

To the Editog NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
The Commander-in-Ch Chief styles THE TRIB-
UNE the ablest paper devoted to the interests
Of the soldier published in this country" and
am not disposed to join issue with Comrade
Vandervoort there. I have found it one of
those publications that no active G. A. r.
worker can afford to do without The doings
of the organization are mirrored in its columns
from week to week and the wonderful progress
the G. A. R. IS now making will be appreciated
by all who read your journal. The soldiers and
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ers of the Union should be made to feel the
influence of such friend of the boys who wore
the blue
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Kind Words from Kingston.


THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, of Washington, D.
c., comes to us this week with % neat, new
heading, and other improvements. We say
once more that this interesting and valuable
paper ought 10 besin every home III the land.
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WTRZ,

who had been ordered thither from Tuscaloosa.
Ala, where he had had charge Of small mill
tarv prison. / shall never forget his appear
ance when he came into the prison one morn
inc to call the roll. lie wore formidable
English revolver strapped at his side-one as
| was told, Of a lot which he purchased on the
other side for the confederate government some
time after the war had begun. He seemed to
be extremely nervous in his manner and was
very voluble, sputtering out his broken Eng
fish in a pcevish, snarling way that BODIED no
good to those who were the objects of his i'll
temper. Gnat-brained, weak and cowardly he
was, without a single redeeming quality and
we soon learned to dctest him as cordially as
he hated Us. The kindlc5t thing that | can
say of him is that he was incapable of conceiv-
ing in advance the consequences of his acts.
and could not realize how much pain he caused
his victims. He frequently asserted that his
home-somewhere in LOuisana-had been de-
stroyed by the Union army, and perhaps he
glOatcd in the opportunity to rctaiate. One
of his first acts WAS to change the system of
prison organization. We had been divided on
entering AndcrsOnville into squads of one hun
dred men, which in turn were sub-diVided into
nesses of twenty-five each. The roll was
called by hundreds, and ratiOns issued on that
basis To cover up the absence of any of our
comrades who might have escaped over night
as well as to secure their rations, it was the
custom to answer for the missing when the
roll was called, and in that way ninety-fvc
men were often passed off on the prison officials
as the full complement of hundred. Doubt
less the rebels at last discovered the deception
At any rate, Wirz directed the prisoners to be
told off in detachmcnts of two hundred and
seventy each, under tho charge of confederate
sergeant and these again into squads of ninety
and messes of thirty, under the supervision Of
Federal sergeants, who received one extra
ration per day for their services. We all
voted the change a stupid one, and to this day
/ am at loss to conceive what Wirz expected
to accomplish by it.
TWO DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.
On the day that it was made he attempted
TO make an enumeration of the inmates but as
il required two or three hours to complete the
count. the men became thoroughly tired out
before it was finished and could not be kept in
line This made Wirz furious, and he vented
his spite on us by cutting off entirely our
rations for the day. The next morning he
tried it over again, but with the same result,
and again our rations were withheld. At this
we grew desperate, and the most imfammatory
talk was INDUCED in. Some were for making
a-sush-oYer the -stookade, and Others for as
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Very truly. YOurs,

AUGUSTUS HARRINGTON,
Post No. 100, Dept. n. Y, G. A. R., A. D. c. to
Com Chief.
WARSAW. N Y.
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Yours. in F., c.. and L.,
A TERRIBLE PRISON EXPERIENCE.

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, Oct. l.
, 1882-07-15

say that there is a Placard of 1859, which
later on, in the year 1912, has been renew
ed, and which prohibits the selling of
Rum in the country. Whether those
enactments have been abolished or not, is
a question he had not seen anything
abolishing them,
ITO be c9ntinuedJ
, 1882-07-15

O6SlIH AudlCNCI HI IN COIIuIuu4tA NIlNb
certainly II sort of necessity, to make a
general revision of the cnactments on
Rum-selling on the whole. The existing
ordinance on that head is of a compare
lively recent date, and no complaints
have been heard Of its working. ! he pre-
sent point, the sale Of Rum ON estates, has
always formed a distinct matter from
the corresponding matter for the towns;
to mix them together and to defer this
comparatively trivial yet none the less
urgent measure for lengthy and perhaps
interminable deliberations, appears to be
uncalled for.
West End 9th June 1882.
w. II. BROWN
End Crownmember WasSdrd) as Speaker
for the Majority of the Committee intro
duced the report from theMaiority. He sand
it would have been seen FROM the Majority's
c0ntinuation-report that they had made a
proposal different to that made in the
Maiority's first report the reasons are
explained in the present report itself, and
he had only a few words 10 add. The
Draft originally proposed dealt only with
one individual point, namely the sale OF
Rum on Estates and the restrictions that
ought to be put on such sale. The Com
mittee had only had this same point under
it's consideration the Committee was re-
trictpd thereto. But from the delibpra-
+ions and discussions it became evident
that bv only REGULATING chat individual
noint we would not obtain the aim which
was the intention Of the proposal it
w0uld not be possible thereby to suppress
the drinking prOpenSitics of the labouring
rural classes, which WAS the object in
view. In the opinion Of the Majority
the evil arises NOT only from the sale of
rnm from estates. but there are other
causes from which if proceeds the Ma.
iority therefore considered it necessary
that more comprehensive measures should
ha taken hnvond those originally propospd
No donbt the amendments submitted i'm
the former ieDort MIGHT be found useful
for the nurposp. but the measures would
NOT he sufficient. But. to ad0pt measures
that would not be sufficient, would be
inadyisa1le. in fact it would be worse
than TO fake no measures at all. because
the matter might thereby be deferred for
a long fine. The Majority could iii. rel0.e
no LONGER advise TO adopt those proposed
measures. f is very true that the eyiS.
TING Rum Ordinauce isof a recent date.hut
# mist tben also be remembered that the
Ordinance only reou1atps the sales ofsDirits
in town Inf when now if has shawn ir.
self NECESSARY ia r~pouIate She entire matter
there conId he no objection TO subject the
Ordinance 70 revision TOO. in so far as it
is needed nj tbe same time as rpoulati0Ds
for thp sale of RIM i'm tbe country are to
he Given. IfitWere p0SSible to establish
sufficient control. If MIGHT be 0mm
I ,- I-.- $500
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WHIT IS Ed UCATION.

Education is the development and
the cultivation of the moral, intellectual
and physical faculties. The human
minu DEVELOPS by use, and it is what
the child does under wise direction
that educates him,
The field of early education is the
culture of the child's perceptive pow
ers or in other words, the training of
the several senses. The faculties OF
perception are so many means of acquir-
ing knowledge, and not more surely
does the instinct of food crave its sup>
ply than the instinct of knowledge ask
its qualification.
A fictitious distinction is often made
betweeh education in schools and self ed
ucation. The fast l., however, that all
real education, whether in schools or
out Of them, Is self-education. In
either and both cases the personal power
of acquisition and retention must be
brought into action In one case it
may be in great measure unaided in
the other it has appropriate assistance,
and consequently succeeds mole advan-
tageously and rapidly,
In the first degrees of education the
faculties OF the young must be assisted
i'll their going out for and grasplng the
beginnings of kno Wedge. The pupil
must be aided to use his senses properly
The spontaneous action Of these senses
will add to their minds stores of knnw!-
edge. The difficulty usually experience
ed Is that in training the senses and
supplying the knowledge no good sys-
ten is used almost all is done at hap
hazard which is as bad for young schol-
lars as for older ones.
Ii young person wishes to educats
himself it is of much greater conse-
quence in his study to acquire the pow
er of thorough research, be able to class
ify his knowledge, and to study intelli-
gently than simply to acquaint himself
will the text books and be lacking the
original power Of Practical investigation
and thought.
The aim of education points constant
ly to higher civilization aud when edu-
cation becomes general the human family
will be elevated to higher sphere.
a. TRoUP, JR.