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The local editor of the Springfield
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Sixteen thousand men are now
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The United States has exported to
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The practice of going to Europe to travel and
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A coLoRED man living in Giles county, Tenn
is tho iatbor Of ffty-four children, forty-nin
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THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
ReseedinK Grass Lands,

A correspondent of the New Engla d
Farmer writes that "many old fields are
of late years being reseeded by turning
over after haying, narrowing down and
having some fertilizer, either barnyard,
compost or chemical, applied to their
surface and worked in, and a liberal
seeding of grass seed" And he might
have added that many fields are re-
seeded by merely narrowing the stubble
Immediately after the hay has been
taken of, doing the work very thor
oughly with a sharp toothed harrow,
and then sowing the seeds for grass,
narrowing lightly to cover them and
following wit a roller to make all
smooth. A top dressing OF manure will
help wonderfully. In this way the grass
roots that are yet in the land are saved,
as but a part will be destroyed in har-
rowing. MIR. Geddes mentions that this
spring he has sown on a piece of land
that WAS mown last year, but not salts
factorily seeded, clover and timothy,
and narrowed the ground to cover this
new seeding and help out the partial
catch of the old.-American Daaruman.
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FoR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression o fsrir-
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other intermittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphor-
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THERE are few towns or large villages ii
China which have not their insurance offices.
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The new circular Of the Csyuga Lake Military
Academy, Aurora, N. Y, is a handsome book o
40 pages, full Of information. Maj. WA. Film
is Principal, Henry Morgan, Esq, President.
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"a RD-A handsome set OF cards for Sc, STAMP.
\ collectors. A. E. BANSETT. ROchester, N. (.
The National tribune., 1882-04-15
SCOUTS CLAIM FOR PENSION,


A very interesting case, which has been
hanging fire " for some time in the Senate
Committee on Pensions, has been reported
back with favorable recommendation. 1t is
the case of Jesse T. Phares, scout under
Gen. Mcclellan, whose application TO be
placed upon the pension-roll was reported
adversely by the Senate Committee on Pen
si0ns in the preceding Congress, but the
Senate took a different view Of the matter
and passed the bill, which, however, failed,
for want of action in the House. The oppO-
sitiOn to the prayer of the petitioner was
based upon the argument that there was no
law for the pensioning of scouts, and that it
would be impOlitic to establish precedent
by granting pension in special case.
"The facts in the case" the committee
says in a report by Mr.. Camden, of West
Virginia, Z" are clearly proven. At the out
break of the rebellion the claimant was a
resident of Randolph county, Va. He en-
tered the service of the Government about
the month of June, 1861, as a scout, serving
under Gems. Mcclellan, NIilroy, Kelly and
others, and by reason of his intimate
knowledge of the country and his intelli-
genee zeal and daring, rendered very val
uabie services to the Union cause. In April,
1S63 the confederate General Imb0den ad-
vanced upon the Union forces at Beverly,
W. Va, commanded by Col. Geo. r. Latham
commanding Fifth West Virginia Cavalry. In
the advance Phares, who was then on duty
outside the Union pickets, was surprised by
party of confederate troops, and refusing to
halt when ordered, was shot through the
body, but retained his saddle until he reach
ed the Union lines"
Phares is about 43 years of age, and has
been for several years failing rapidly in
physical strength, in consequence of the
wound above referred to. An examining
surgeon from the Pension Office, DR.. j. +.
Blair, of West Virginia, certifes, under date
of December "a, 1879, that he has carefully
examined Phares, and finds "that his left
hip was entered by musket-ball, which
passed upward through the region of the
lower part of the left lung and out near the
stomach The effect Of the wound is to
weaken and partially paralyze the entire
left side, and in my judgment produces at
least a two-thirds disability, which will in
crease" The bill to pension Phares, as re-
ported to-day, contains this qualifying
clause: "But the amount of such pension
shall not be greater than said Phares would
be entitled to if he had been a private sol
der, and shall commence from the passage
Of this act"
The National tribune., 1882-04-15
LET IT BE DONE.
To the Editor NATIONAL, TRIBUNE.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
1t was righteous act on the part of Congress
to grant the benefits oft arrcarage act to the
widow of General Alexander Hays. While no
money can compensate her for his loss, yet it
shows there is disposition to do justice, in
part at least. Instead of special legislation on
| a few cases, Congress ought to pass q bill ex-
tending the time granting arrears, and give all
| soldiers their equal and just dues. Since July,
1880, thousands of meritorious claims have no
doubt been filed, and it is neither right nor
just that claimants, ifhoncst, should be debarred
from the same benefits to which their more for
tunate comrades are entitled. Let every honest
claimant be placed on the same level in the
treatment he is TO receive from the Govern
ment None will question the business of such
a rule, and it ought to be done no1c, aud not
wait until the soldier becomes gray and feeble.
| The honorable course of our Northern members
IN the matter of pensions needs no mention
here, but to those who bravely fought US for
more than four long years word may be added.
| Senator Call said: If the friends of the soldier
supported him from the period of ais discharge
10 the time when his pension was granted, then
they only did what the Government was bound
7
default in performing its obligation" Every
word true. Senator Garland said: " I know of
none more deserving and more meritorious than
the soldiers who fought the battles of this
country, and there is not a soldier of the con-
federaCy that l know of but what is willing to
see these men paid, and see them paid not
grudgingly, but freely and cheerfully" Brave
words from brave man! Senator Vest said:
If the tide of battle had gone in the other di-
rection, if our flag had foated forward instead
/ OF backward, we would have voted anything to
these soldiers who won the fight" The Sena-
tor speaks the honest sentiments of every SOL
dier who wore the gray, and there is not
Union soldier from Maine to California but
what will say they would have deserved it. A
confederate officer, not long since, told the
writer that if they had been successful there
would have been no limitations in their PEN
sion laws, and do quibbling over legislation on
the subject Every soldier would have been
treated alike and paid from the day he left the
service. How much more honorable is the
course of these men toward those who wore
the blue than the conduct of him, who shall be
nameless, who has described the bill granting
arrearages TO our soldiers as g q fraud upon the
American people, and a standing monument to
the ignorance, selfshness, and cowardice of
the American Congress" Such an insult would
have been tolerated from the New York Herald,
Tribune, or Erening Post, but when made in the
Senate of the United States by one who did not
have the moral courage to vote against what he
has termed "a fraud" it becomes all the moro
degrading. PETERSBURG.
The National tribune., 1882-04-15
This way, men!" said another voice in

"This way, men!" said another voice in
the rear.
That we were wandering about vainly in
the darkness, and under no certain leader
ship, was evident, for I noticed in the dim
light that, in our tramping about in the
tangle, we had twice crossed the same fallen
tree, and so must have been moving in a
circle.
And now, as the day is dawning in the
east, and the enemy's pickets see us trying
to steal away, a large force is ordered against
us, and comes sweeping down with yells and
whistling bullets-iust as the escort Of five
hundred, with re-assuring cheers, comes up
from the rear to our support!
Instantly we are in the cloud and smoke
of battle. A battery of artillery, hastily
dragged up into position, opens on the charg-
ing line of gray with grape and canister,
while from bush and tree pours back and
forth the dreadful blaze of musketry. For
half an hour, the conflict RACES fierce and
high in the dawning light and under the
dripping trees-the officers shouting and the
men cheering and yelling and charging, often
fighting hand to hand and with bayOnets
locked in deadly encounter, while the air is
cut by whistling lead, and the deep bass Of
the cannon wakes the echoes of the forest
But at last the musketry fire gradually
slackens, and we find ourselves out of dan
ger.
The enemy's prey has escaped him, and, to
hn Iaro Of
lines again, begrimed with smoke and leav-
ing many of our poor fellows dead OF wound
ed on the field
Anxiously every man looked about for his
chum and messmates, lost sight of during
the whirling storm of battle in the twilight
woods. And 1, too, looked-but where was
Andy ?-St. Nicholas for AprH.
The National tribune., 1882-04-15
Late Private Co. D, 9TH Ind. Cav
BLUFFTON, ALLEN Co., ONO, March 27.
AN Ex-soLDIER STATES THE CASE PLAINLY.
J. a. EMIsON,

AN EX-soLDIER STATES THE CASE PLAINLY.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
I have been a subscriber to your valuable
paper for over one year. 1t grows better all the
time. l like it so well l hardly know how
can bestow enough praise on your untiring
efforts in behalf of US poor old soldiers. If
every one that sit in high places were as will
ing as you are to sec right and justice meeted
out where justice is due, there would be no de-
lays thought of. Could the men in power at
Washington realize, or even have to endure for
one month, what we endured for three years.
they would not be so slow to appropriate the
much-needed help and money to Commissioner
Dudley, who tolls early and late with his short
allowance of clerks to do all he can for the sol
der. He vairly asks for men and means to
help him through, so those having claims pend
ing, and are so needy, may receive their reward
for long past services to their country; that
made it inhabitable and secure to them and
future generations The prosperous bondhoIder
is paid all dues, and no questions asked no de-
lays thought of. Others who already possess
hundreds and thousands Of dollars, and were
not objects of charity in any respect, are pen
stoned, amounting to thousands of dollars each
year. Plenty of money for everything and
everybody else; but who cares for poor old
Scared, crippled, and worn-out soldier, minus
leg or arm, or perhaps both, who has suffered,
bled, and worse than died for his country and
his country's good. He can struggle on, endure
every privatiOn, and every needed comfort that
to him, above all others, should be granted. 1t
is truly written, that 'To him that hath shall
be given, and to him that hath not shall be
taken away even that which he hath" The
soldier lost his time, which was money to him
and his family. He also lost his health, and
we begin to think ne has lost all claim on this
Government for money to keep soul and body
together. think the Government delays the
necessary appropriations in order that the SOL
diers and all their families and relatives will
die, mOulder, and decay. Then the claim will
be cancelled, tho claimant and all his progeny
will be wearing their wooden overcoats, Gabriel
will blow his horn, we will all coon the pole
across the river into the Great Beyond, and be
forever freed from the trials, cares and disap-
pointments of getting claim allowed, or the
beautiful title Of Government pauper." 1
want to see all provided for, not forgetting that
life, and an occasional bone to gnaw at, is as
sweet to the little, insignificant cur as to the
sleek, well-fed coach dog. L.
DOUGLASS, KANSAS, March %.
The National tribune., 1882-04-15
HELL is BETTER THAN THIS"

When the Twenty Army Corps, under
command of MaiorGeneral Thomas L. Crit
tenden, was marching through Ringgold
on its way to Chickamauga battle-ground,
the week before the battle, lieutenant was
discovered by the prOvost-guard emerging
from house with huge clasp Bible under
his arm. The disease known nowadays as
kleptomania had, am sorry to say, attacked
quite number of our officers as well as
men; anything portable from a tin cup to
piano had irresistible attractions for them.
The trembling lieutenant was taken to corps
headquarters, where the general ordered him
to be placed under guard in a rail pen and
kept there until he read the Bible through.
The days were long and warm, and all
through the sultry hours the poor fellow sat
worrying his way through the book of
Genesis. His education had been neglected
in his youth and his subsequent reading
had never led him into such labyrinth of
names. He had just tackled Leviticus, and
the road seemed harder than ever to travel,
when the opening guns at Chickamauga
broke upon his ear Starting up he rushed
past the sleepy sentinel with the cry Hi
is better than thisi" and reached his regi-
ment IN time to take part in the fight. | am
happy to be able to state thathe lived through
the BATTLE and that his bravery upon the
field excused him from further biblical
studies
The National tribune., 1882-04-15

lect the initiation fees, and admit the breth-
ren, swearing them to liberty, equality, and
sympathy with the under dog in the fight
Thus shall we insure a soldiers reunion
every full moon. We shall bind together a
brotherhood who were previously united IN
the fellowship of suffering; and as some
doubtless will deserve pensions who Will
fail IN obtaining them, we can supply this
lack by our voluntary contributions"
Thus with suggestions, humorous or ear
nest the night wore on, the morning
dawned, and the march was resumed. Dr.
Stevenson, though not imaginative and IN
ventive like the chaplain, was methodical
and a born organizer. The chaplain had
built this castle in the air, as the pleasant
pastime of sleepless night. The doctor
brought that castle to the ground, made
moat and drawbridge for it, commissioned
its officers, mounted its sentinels, and
manned it before his death with 100000
men. To the chaplain it was one of the
beautiful myths plowing through his brain
to the doctor it was "a ghost that would not
very dlsslmlar as men, were agreed in regard
to the projected organization in all save this:
The doctor wanted TO give it decided polit-
ical tinge claiming that those who had borne
the burden alone should have the benefit, but
the chaplain of the old Fourteenth discarded
the machine" idea, insisting that the fra
ternal and 6eaeUolem one was best to insure
usefulness and perpetuity.
Ardent as the doctor was about this new
ideal, 1t was not till the spring of 1866 that
he (having removed from Jacksonville to
Springfield, Ill.) telegraphed the chaplain
iwho was then stationed in Bloomington
for a special interview So the Doctor the
Chaplain, Colonel John NJ. Snyder, and Colo
mel A. Weber, read and corrected the proof
sheets Of the Constitution and Bylaws Of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and the
first Post" was organized in Springfield,
near the home and tomb of Lincoln, whence
ii soon spread through Illinois and into other
States
DR.. Stevenson remained the first COM
mander-in-chief up to the time of the first
general rally, held in the Representatives
Hall Of the old State House. 1t was with
great hesitancy, then, that the committee on
nominations substituted the name of Gen
eral Jno. A. Logan, leaving DR.. S. as COM
mander- in chief for Illinois alone. The
committee knowing Chaplain Rutledge's
intimacy with the doctor, requested him, in
seconding General Logan's nomination, to
award to the doctor all the credit due him,
which he did in q brief but earnest speech,
that will long be remembered by those who
heard it. The doctor was somewhat grieved
at being superseded in the general command,
but he was deeply moved by the chaplain's
reference to the memories of the Mississippi
forest, and in reply said that the chaplain
gave him more credit than was due; for " it
was the chaplain himself who had originated
the idea, and aided and encouraged him in
pushing it to its consummation"
Thus the Grand Army of the Republic,
that first fitted as a phantom through the
forests of Mississippi, now marshals its hosts
and keeps step to the music of the Union
(IU.) Daily Journal
The National tribune., 1882-04-15
Ex-soLDIERs IN CIVIL SERVICE,

During a late visit to Springfield, Ill, we
were desirous to know how the old soldiers
were treated by the heads of the different
departments, and on inquiry we learned that
the Governor of the State had three men in
his office, one of which was soldier. The
Secretary of State has connected with his
office thirty-five employees: eighteen of them
are soldiers. The State Treasurer's Office en-
ploys eight men, three Of them are soldiers.
The Adjutant Generals Office employs four,
all Of whom were soldiers. The Auditors
Office keeps eight men employed; four of
them were soldiers. The Office of Superin-
tendent Of Public Instruction gives employ
ment to three men, none of whom were in
the service. The Attorney Generals Office
employs two men; one was soldier. The
appointive offices in the capitol building are
fairly represented by soldiers, but not as fair
as it should be. 1t is necessary to remind
our soldier readers of the treatment accorded
them; and as we propose to follow up the
recognition of employing soldiers, when all
things are equal, we propose to bring the
subject before the soldiers of Illinois in due
and proper time
The following Illinois State officers have
honorable soldier records: Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor Hamilton, Secretary of State Dement,,
Treasurer of State Rutz Attorney-General
Mccartney, Auditor Of State Swigart, Adju-
tant-General Elliott Weeky Freeman.
The National tribune., 1882-04-15
JUST WHAT Is WANTED.
To tbs Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

To ths Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Please send THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE to my
address, Yonkers, Westchester county, n. Y.
The soldiers of the rebellion have long needed
an able and powerful advocate to fight for their
rights. This nation has never appreciated
the work accomplished by it's soldiers Our
revolutionary soldiers were never paid; and
when their services were no longer required,
and age and infrmities made it impossible for
them to labor, they were given homes within
the hospitable walls OF" poorhouses" and monu-
ments in "potter's fields"
In newspaper published in Lansingburgh,
n. Y, soon after the Revolutionary War, ap-
peared the following bitter verse:
" Our God and soldiers we alike adore
Fen at the brink of danger, not before;
The danger past, both alike requited
Our God sforgOtten and our soldiers sighted -
Respectfully yours, CHAs. G. Otis.
New YORK, March so.