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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-28


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Kidneys ordinary Organs
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The National tribune., 1882-05-13
INTERESTING ENTERTAINMENT,

The entertainment last evening, says the
Willoughby (Ohio) Independent, under auspices
of the G. A. R. Post of this place, was we'll at
tended and sufficiently varied to interest and
please all. After a selection by the orchestra,
the manager (Major ELEM introduced Com
rade Rev. Couden, who gave condensed
history Of the state of the country preceding
the civil war and the opening of that fearful
struggle. Mrs. Lyon read a paper on the
Scenes of 1861" which contained much Of
local interest Mrs. Ellen briefly alluded to
the fall OF Colonel Ellsworth, followed by Miss
Emma Ellen with a reading of EllswOrth's
letter to his parents written the night pre-
ceeding his DEATH and also an account of his
tragic ending as related by an eyewitness. A
company of veterans with home guards
thrown i'm occupied the stage and sang with
good effect Marching Through Georgia" An
exercise with the gun and bayOnet followed,
which was loudly checrcd and repeated Mr.
Couden then recited with thrilling effect the
poem of "Mobile Bay" A camp scene fol-
lowed In which the boys" took much delight
and caused considerable merriment and more
singing. Mr.. Ellen related the condition of
affairs in the Shenandoah Valley at the time
OF Early'S vigorous attack, which was apprO-
priately supplemented by the wel-known and
stirring poem, "Sheridans Ride" given in
good style by Harry Wing. The singing of
America" by the audience closed the enter
tainment. The receipts are to be devoted to a
very worthy purpose-the assistance of the
widow of a deceased c0mrade
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

they can with flower culture, so that good
supply Of floral offerings may be in readiness.
All civil and military organizations are most
cordially invited to participate with us, and
those who may desire to do SO, can report to
the Commander of the Post. The following
details are made also, so that the comrades will
act at once in their various duties: Committee on
Reception and Orator-John Kelly and Chris
topher Schultz. Flowers and Flags-Truman
Bradley, Lucias Marshall, and John Scurry.
Music and Programe of Arrangements-Geor
NJ. Rowley, Harry Dimock, A. S. Rowley, VIM.
III. Fisher, George J. Davies, s. e. Bryant, Geo.
T. Foote, Henry Wilbur, James Irwin, and
VIM. ID. Jones. Carriages-Jacob Eitel Louis
Decker. Finances-John Scurry, George l..
Foote, and John Kelly.
The following comrades are detailed for
guards and firing party for the present year:
Comrades John Scurry, Charles Monk, John
Ulmer, VIM. II. Fisher, Alva Dolph, John K.
Price, w. d. Jones, Job Hawkins Jacob Eitel,
James Irwin, Samuel Lingfelter, and Edmund
Jnnnc
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
A NEW POST III NEW JERSEY.

Special Correspondence National Tribune
NEW BRUNSWICK, n. J., May Ga Post of
the Grand Army Of the Republic was instituted
in this city a few days ago. 1t is to be known
as Ambrose E. Burnside Post, No. 81. Eighteen
members were mustered in as charter members
by Comrade George B. Fielder, Of jersey City,
Chief mastering Officre, and the following
officers installed: Post Commander, Henry d.
B. Lefferts; S. V. c., Isaac l.. F. Elkin; J. V.
c., Charles P. Ford; Adj't, Stephen A. Cannon
Q. NJ, -; Chaplain, --; S. NJ, John
c. Voorhees,; o. D., Charles w. Grover; 0. G.,
Wyckon J. Garrigucz. The Post will meet
every Tuesday evening at o'clock in stctt
Hall, No. 20 Albany street Kcarney Post,
No. u, was instituted here June 8, 1863. In
1875 another Post was instituted and named
Hugh II. Janeway Post, No. G. In 1873 the
two Posts consolidated and assumed the name
Kearncy- -Jancway Post, No. Is.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
ONLY ONE OUT OF TEN LEFT.

From quiet country neighbOrhoOd near the
eastern boundary of our patriotic State, says
an exchange, soon after the opening OF the
war, brave boys to the number of ten responded
to their country's call; and, with hardly an
exception, all exchanged prosperous, happy
homes for the perils and chances of camp and
battlefield. Of these ten young men, not more
than three or four had reached the age of
twenty-onc years.
What yearnings and hopes and fears went
out from all those households after that regi-
ment, whose number became the dearest, most
familiar Hame of the whole neighborhood!
How busy hands worked for it! How loving
hearts prayed FOR it! Called almost at once
into active service, anxiety was changed to
certainty that never could the d" BOYS" all come
back to us. Long marches and two fierce bat
ties spared them ALL but from o crowded
Southern hospital, one day, were borne two of
them IN their collins and started on their
journey toward their Northern homes. Then
the dark shadow began to fall. Soon the
message " Died in the hospital" was repeated,
and ansher came. Near the end of that ter
riole three years, the story of our ten brave
boys was this: -Four had died in hospital, one
III Andersonvillc prison; one had been dis
charged from duty, and two shot in battle. On
that fourth of July two were left to stand be-
fore Flcksburg-the two who had been bunk
mates together when they first went into camp,
mad marched together, had been in hospital
together, and 1t almost seemed that kind fate
was going to send them home together. But
soon after the news that "Vicksburg is taken"
had thrilled through the North. the tidinps
came to another home that this victory had
taken from it forever the only son and brother.
one OF the two had fallen in the last battle.
Inc comrade was allowed the privilege of
taking him off the field, of watching with him
tlli he died, and of marking his burial place.
When at last the thinned ranks of the army came
back, only one home in that neighborhood was
gladdened by the return of q soldier boy-bou
truly, for after nearly three years of faithful
service TO his country, he had not yet reached
his twenty-second year. Before starting for
home' ne paid q visit to the grave of his dead
comrade, and with thoughtful tenderness,
piucked the few leaves of green that had sprung
up, TO take to Fred's mother. They came too
late, for she, stricken by disease, and mourning
Tor her boy, had just closed her eyes in death:
but the little tokens of life from the grave Of
her soldier buried at Vicksburg were placed
III her hands over the still heart, with whose
last beat she had breathed his name
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
THE ORDER IN KANSAS.
Special Correspondence National Tribune.


KANSAS CITY, May 9.-Dopartment Com
mander William Warner, in assuming the
duties of the Office to which he was recently
elected, has issued general order under date
of April %, as follows:
The Department of Missouri of the Grand
Army of the Republic, having been duly
organized, and having been elected to the
position ofDcpartment. Commander, it is hereby
announced that | assume the duties of that
office, and in accordance with provisions of the
rules and regulations, appoint the following
members of my official staff:
Nat. NJ. Gwynne Mcpherson Post, Assistant
Adjutant General Henry w. Turner, James
A. Mulligan Post, No. II, Assistant Quarter
master-General; Thomas Phelan, George III.
Thomas Post, No s. Inspector; Thomas c..
Fletcher, General Lyon Post, No. ., Judge
Advocate Christian Stawitz, General Lyon
Post, No 2, Chief Mastering Officer. Aides de
Camp: Frank F. Snow, Mcpherson Post, No. A;
r. III. Hunt, George ii. Thomas Post, No. 8;
William Strblen, Custer Post, No. Z; James o.
Churchill Frank Z. Blair Post, No. |.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
RHODE ISLAND NOTES.

Special Correspondence National Tribune.
PROVIDENCE, May 10.-Colonel George w.
Patten, U. S. A, member of the Loyal Legion
and veteran Of the Mexican war, died at
Houlton Me-, on Friday last Colonel Patten
was native of Rhode Island.
DIR. W. f. Hutchinson, of Arnold Post, No a,
G.. A. r., sailed from Boston recently as dele
gate to the British Medical Association
Rev. J. J. Wooley, late Chaplain of this De-
partment, G. A. r., has gone to Europe for the
benefit of his health
Warden Wall, of the State prison; Chief of
Police Child, DR.. w. II. Palmer, Captain Cos
tine, and other G. A. r. members left for the
South on Saturday, the Goth ultimo, to make a
tour of the battle-felds.
The annual meeting of the Veteran First
Light Infantry was held on the evening of
May 1, it being the first meeting since the
adoption of the new bylaws. The meeting
was large and the following officers were elected
for the coming year: Colonel, w. w. Brown,
Lieutenant-Coloncl,H Henry Staples; Adiutant,
ID. S. Remington; Captains, First Co., A. G.
Eddy; Second Co., Isaac M. Potter Chaplain,
Thomas NJ. Clark; Clerk, c. c. Armstrong.
The Woonsocket Veteran Association voted
to parade Memorial Day and to carry out the
entire programme of last year Memorial
services will held in the Globe Congregational
Church on Saturday preceding the day.
Soldiers headstones for the Department have
remained upon one of the wharvcs here for
ten years. 1t is said the contract price was so
small that the contractor lost so much he was
unable to set them up, and so they still lay
"mouldering in the dust" d. HIN
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
FRAUDS ON SOLDIERS.

Adjutant- General Chapman, of Wisconsin,
recently addressed communication to the
Representatives Of his State in Washington. in
which he asserted that the State of Wisconsin
Is being flooded with circulars and travelling
agents who are endeavoring to buy up what
are called soldiers declaratory papers, at
from So to $40 each and requesting the views
OF the Interior Department as to whether the
practice is not a fraudulent one. Ex-Governor
Pound referred the communication to the Com
missioner of the General Land Office, who has
just responded, stating that it appears from the
communication of Mr.. Chapman that specula-
tors are engaged in the business of purchasing
the rights Of soldiers to make filings or declar-
atory statements in order that they (the specu-
latorS) may select or locate, and sell tracts of
the public lands, with the understanding that
thc speculator and the soldier are to share alike
i'll the proceeds resulting from the transaction.
The Department has been advised of other
similar transactions The Commissioner is OF
the opinion that the practices complained Of
are entirely outside of the letter and the spirit
Of the law, and he stated TO n representative
of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE that an examina-
ton was now being made with view to aseer-
tanning whether under existing laws the parties
implicated can be prosecuted and punished
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
THE ORDER IN MISSOURI,

Special Correspondence Nal1Onal tribune
LEAvENwoRTII, KAN, May 6.-Department
Commander Walkinshaw has issued the follow
ing congratulatory order: The Department.
Commander cOngratulateS the Department for
the good work done in the last quarter, by the
increase of ii Posts, and in the present quar-
ter making total of 56 Posts, and returns his
thanks to comrades for their good work. Spe-
cial mention should be made of Washington
Post No r. Lawrence, for their thorough way
of doing business. Having an order from this
office, they went to Baldwin City with Com
muster Post No. 40; also to Past Departments S.
v c. Comrade j. B. Logan and comrades of
Lyons, for mastering Post 53 at Frankfort in
the same way Also to Comrade III. p. Wood
ward, of Post 80, for mastering Nos 80 and AZ,
and other good work; to J. V. c. Dept. II. W.
Pond, of Post No. 30; and returns also his
thanks to comrades of Posts No. 3, 36, 80, A.
II and 19 for kind attention while visiting
their Camp-fres. The hearty cooperation of
all the comrades in the Department is fully ap-
preciated, and adds more than all to the grand
success Of the Department.
As preparation for the Grand Reunion at
Topeka in September, attention is directed to
General Order No. A. Further orders and cir
culars will be issued in regard to the Reunion.
As many comrades as can attend the National
Encampment in June, at Baltimore, will notify
this office ut once.
Comrade d. o. Crane, of Post No. II, is here
by appointed Department Inspector, vice II.
" Devendorf resigned.
The following Posts have been mustered
since last report: No. Al, by Comrade James
Justis; 45, by Comrade w. c. Whitney; 40
Girard, 81 lola, 81 Galena, Sc Cherokee, by J.
V. Dept Com. II. w. Pond; AZ Minneapolis,
by Comrade H. p. Woodward; so Eureka, by
Comrade II. n. Ashmore; So Frankfort, by
Comrade J. B. Logan; 80 Onaga, AZ Marion, 43
Cawker City, "A Belleville, 46 Holton, by Dept
Conn.,; so Great Bend, by Comrade J. j. Nc
Bride; 40 Baldwin City, by Washington Post
No. 4h and Posts at Emporia Ellinwood, Dun
lap, Humboldt, and other places ready to
muster.
The following announcements are made on
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
MEMORIAL DAY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Special Correspondence National Tribune. go sf..y
LAKE VILLAGE N. H., May 8.-Commander
Martin A. Haynes has issued the following
order: In compliance with the laws of our
Order, our established custom, and general or
ders from National Headquarters, the comrades
Of this Department will observe Tuesday, the
thirtieth day of May, as Memorial Day. With
such services and i'll such manner as to each
Post may seem most appropriate, our annual
tribute will be paid to those whose places in
our ranks are but memory.
Comrades, each recurring Memorial Day
brings to the living added duties. There are
more mounds to decorate, and fewer hands to
bear the offerings. The Grand Army that fol-
lowed the flag with loyal devotion from 81 to
65 is crossing the line to join the Grand Army
of the Invisible. Our old divisions are dwind-
ling to brigades our brigadcs are but regiments
and companies. Our ranks are falling before a
power to which the victOrs Of Gettysburg and
Appomattox must soon lay down their arms
Let us, then, perform our duties to this end
that as citizens Of q country we have helped to
save our conduct may add lustre to the name
and fame of the citizen soldier; that as sol
ders, we may illustrate the undying devotion
to comrades of those who touched the elbow
beneath the flag of the stripes and the stars.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

Union, and that reverence to the Constitution
and the laws which are the anchors that hold
us firmly to a solid, permanent, and national
existence.
"Our Nation joins with us in paying our
annual floral tribute as an evidence Of the fact
that the bulwark and safety of Republic is
in the loyalty and courage of its citizens"
In circular referring to the approach of
Memorial Day, Commander Carnahan says:
" 1t is hoped that each Post will heartily enter
into the spirit of the day, and conduct its cere-
monies i'll manner in keeping with the SOL
emnity of the occasion. As you gather in the
camps where your comrades rest beneath the
low green tents whose curtains never outward
swing to decorate them with the Nations
coiors wrought from the warp and weft of
natures loom, may all minds be filled with the
thought, that the occasion is one of honor to
the sleepers, not for display by those who honor
themselves in honoring their comrades. Let
your bearing be such as to convince the chill
dren who look with wide-eyed wonder upon
the beautiful ceremony, that your action comes
from your hearts-that you hold above all
earthly honor of pomp, power, or place, those
who gave their lives for their country, actuated
by no motive save those of love for human
liberty. Let your actions convince all who
witness them, that although called a festival
of the dead it is your firm faith that they
who fall in q great cause can never die"
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
THE WILSON BROTHERS OF MARY
LAND

Mr.. J. W. Kirkley, in his Historical Record
of the First Maryland Infantry, gives the fol-
lowing interesting incident of the early DAYS
OF the rebellion:
In 1850 q company called the Union Rifles
was formed in Baltimore county for home de-
fensc because of threats to drive Union men
out Of the State, in which were five BOYS, sons
of Mrs Wilson. On April 10, 1861, at the call of
Capt. John w. Wilson they met at Cockeysville
to resist attempts of the Maryland Guard and
Towsontown Cavalry to burn the bridges on
the Northern Central Railroad About twelve
o'clock at night two Omnibusses with about
forty-seven men drove up inquiring for Hay
field Merrymen. Noticing the uniform on the
men they asked what company and who COM
manded. II do," said Capt. John Wilson. The
man in charge of the newly-arrived party asked
of him private interview. They went into
the parlor. After few words the Captain was
heard by those outside to say "The City of
Baltimore could not raise money enough to
hire NE to do such a thing" when he immedi-
ately came out slamming the door and said,
"Will you stick to me boys? These men say
Governor Hicks has ordered them to come up
here and offer me five hundred dollars to burn
Big Gunpowder Bridge. If they do it they
viii walk over my dead body first" Being
foiled in their plans the men got into the om-
nibusses and drove down the turnpike. Wilson
and Others followed to see that they did not
take any side road to accomplish their work.
Out of this company Company c. First Mary
land infantry was formed, which entered the
service of the United States May p, 1861, in
Robert A. Wilson raised a company of cavalry
and Malcolm a company of infantry for the
Second Maryland. Captain John Wilson passed
through the successive grades and became coll
onel OF the regiment October so, 1864. He was
killed in action at Dabney's Mill, Va, in the
following February, where his brother Robert
also received his death wound. Malcolm was
killed at Antietam, and the three brothers are
buried side by side in the Presbyterian church,,
yard at Chestnut Grove. l- ..--s s,-. .z-..r
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
DECORATION DAY IN MICHIGAN,
al Correspondence National Tribune.


GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May 8.-Preparations
are alrordy in progress for the celebration of
Memorial Day throughout this State. Colonel
B. Il. Pierce, Department Commander, has
issued n special order to comrades on the sub
ject, which says:
"Whilo this custom of honoring the memory
of those brave Comrades who have gone before
is but sentimental in character, may not that
bright lesson of patriotism, which was meas
ured only by the Nations necessity, be taught
at their graves, as we cover them with beauti-
ful flowers? Let the youths of to-day be made
to know we had and have country worth
loving, and worth living and dying for. We
do not seek to commemorate valOr but patriot
ism, devoted love of that liberty which best
proclaims the praises of those brave hearts who
faltered not in its purchase. When We wrcathe
garlands for our heroic dead, who, in defense
of all that crowns our Statc-aye, crowns our
Nation-with the lustrous diadems of liberty
and peace let the recollection Of their heroic
deeds and services make us moro worthy to
he members of our Order and citizens of great
Republic.
"If, therefore, these holy rcmembrances of
our Comrades, who rendered loyal, devoted,
and patriotic service to their country in the
hour of peril, serve no other purpose, they will
keep fresh i'll the hearts of the rising genera
ton that love Of country, that devotion to the
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
GROWTH OF THE ORDER AT FROST
BURG, MARYLAND,

Special Correspondence National Tribune.
FRosTBURG, Md, May S.-Thoburn Post, No.
81, G. A. R., Department Of Maryland, named
in memory of Col. Joseph Thoburn, was organ
lied September 8, 1881, by Gen. Ross, assisted
by Col John II. Suter, Geo. w. johnson, and
Graham Dukehart, the present Department
Commander, a large delegation from Tyler
Post, No. 5, of Cumberland, Maryland, being
present.
The Post now numbers over sixty active
men and is increasing. The present officers
are the same as were elected at the organiza-
ton. Commander, w. H. Koch; s. V. c., Geo
w Tenant; J. " c., A. A. Rogers; Chaplain,
Lewis Skidmore; @. NJ, VIM. Thomas; o. d.,
Epoch Clice; O. g., Geo. NJ. Crow; Adjutant
Thos. Hill.
A number of the members are subscribers fol-
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and all are pleased
with the frank manner in which it voices the
sentiments of the "old soldier"