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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-17
LETTER FROM GENERAL LIE DUO.
10 ne Editor Of IN, Tribune


SIR: In your daily of October 1S, in edito-
rial conman ON the letter of yoar correspondent de-
scrihng the sugar plantation rather the results o
sorghum cultivation at Rio Grande N j.. by COMPANY
Of which Mr.. George c. Potts Is president you tahe 20
CASTOR to remark; "ExCommissoner lie quo WIN uVuo
less be curious 10 know what Commissioner hoii"s
thinks OF tho exhibit; and am tempted TO assure
that lave not the least curiosity IN tna' uio"V w.
pgarmakinr from sorghum and corn stalks mas "n"h!
attained s,rsngth enough stand alone regaruiess vi
Commissioners Of Agriculture Although IL na' 'oen
long time IN vegetsting and growing YET u mas Nv"
ome 10 stay ami add another 10 the uuoer VI ero
sommercial crop. with which this blessed country OIL
60. NOV c,me To the front IN successful competition
with INV and all Sugar made from the juice OF inc
corn stalk in days OF Abigail Adams-see her letters
Waer the celebrated German teacher OF
I'm 1911: 81 long sen OF opinion that Oh All p'S'
which ca be raised In this country Germany "aNe
IA the best suited for the purpose in question (maka
sngar) the syrup extracted from Ii before crystahIA
tion is decidedly superior that OF the beet root D.
Baldwin In letter to TIE Ohio state Journal OF sepem
Der 49, 1912, which pasted in my scrspoook "neA
q boy announced that he mad made sugar from the
tuios OF stalks, "the being nearly RIPE N~
other witnesses were ready testify to the faS
of sugar from this source, AMI whom sorghum was i
duced into the country 1t was soon foan~ 10 20 no
snesr plant and was cultivated all over tho Onl'eo
States chiefly for the purpose OF making syrup ANU "
though ia thousands of instances the syrup persisted IN
eranulatng ia spite of the efforts Of the boilers TO pre-
vent IT, vet the Government strangely enough for years
neglected 10 seize opportunity and attempt oy I'll
methods To all tue sciences to es'aosh ana pro
root tho manufacture sugar from this source The
example Of other governments the magnitude OF the III
dustry should warranted and commenced IL W INC
most persistent and earnest expe imental e1ahhauoh'
Aud now that the production OF own sugar by
whatever means fairly before the country, ana 'ne
newspapers great and small, have come TO at least a
martial understanding Of the matter will in time be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-17

a Of the greatest importance In the manufacture OF
sugar "a, so,. sorahnu md
corn stalks. Ar. ,ro,or tim. for
working up the crop. a.. orol;tr
of the Juice. ,u.s H., tro,
fiaktk-Loss of sucrose IN soryhutL syrup is ho
greater than that in syrup from sugar cane e
Ninth-That the presence OF gum IN the syrup OF
cane and maize the great obs acle In TIE way oil
These are the discoveries claimed by the Depart
ment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-17

"Why. John, where have you ~ .Isrs,
Comet parry my dear shafts sil "a zee sas esasss
Why. 1t ought not 70 taxe -, ala. rwould ass
naar Wv weak Az woman, wso,s vssk is'A
tRostop Globe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-17
EFFORTS To STEAL A SEAT.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Collaboration IA,
been received to the effect that ex-Congre~m,,
Acklen Of Louisiana, Is making strong effort to ia.
Senator Kellogg out of bis seat In the next Hoa~ y
Representatives, and that he has behBShm the ipss
enoe and support Of the Democracy Of the sts,a z.
loggs plurality Acklon about 1000 and ay,,
Beattie about 1000 His majority over both compasa
was about 400. This result In the richest district a.
State has given great alarm to the scltsyled bern,
element" AS 1t shows that resolute can orsau,.
the negroes and Garry of the pain Of victory wheev.,
oolorcl majority s1ists They fear tina; Senator gst
logg will be given control OF Federal patronage Ia La
State and will 80 organize IL to elect himself 20 u,
United States Senate TO succeed Senator Jonas and yin
also carry tue state for the Republicans.
Mr.. Ackeu bases his CLAIM upon tue ground that Ser,
ator Kellogg a resident OF the lid District n.
has EN- ployed prominent lawyers TO mako up IN
case and Is bringing influence TO bear upon G0yeraof
MeHeury. He asks the Governor 10 give hin the eerit
cate OF election tuus placing Senator KeO x pJ
ton OF contestant. Governor McHenry IA brother a.
JoDn Mcdenry who was at the head OF the rival stss
Government In 1872. when senator Kellogg Was Cover
nor Of the State II ia reported that John McHenry
the supporters Of Dir. Ackens claim and urnag
his brother to comply VITA Mr. Acklen's demand.
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are iovial and happy In their temperament One char
acterstc the negro home Is that ne sings during
his work respects they are in marked contrast
with the Indians, who are always sullen."
How is the climate ia Liberia Z"
found it here in July than ever found it in
iberia wear thick fannels there just rs am wear
ing to-day"
What do the natives eat y
"Rice principally Then they have mutton, beef, ash,
potatoe, and yam. They drink palm wine
thar is wiue made from the palm tree 1t Is not ntsXl
eating unless taken IN very large quantities.. The Men
dngo. who great warriors and arc large, powerful
men IA we'll scholars and merchants drink no smu-
Iants of any kind, being. MahOmetans. Consequently
they form great barrier to the importation of liquors
from abroad There oil of the tropical fruits there Ia
abundance"
"Of what kind arc the dwellings OF these peoper
"The houses are made Of wattlod bamboo and
mastered inside and outside with clay The roofs are
covered with thateh The very comfortable,
warm and tight. They have fires in them morning and
night, for the natives always sleep by fire.
The first thing notices On entering town are the
blacksmith shops OF which there are many, and In
which lr n farming implements are being made. Then
you the making pottery and tanning leather,
The men and the women spin the cotton. They
have primitive loom OF their manufacture, with
which they make very strong cloth In the dry
they live out Of doors toa great extent"
care the classes there very distncti"
Eyes; people divided according TO their veal th
and their family connections OF course, there
pretensons style. The chiefs 20 horseback and
do some OF the natives. That is the only mode OF
yeyance, except tho hammOeks in which the chic fs
sometimes travel"
when dd the frat oolonists go TO Liberia ."
"In February, 1890. eighty eight colored persons
sailed NovYork in tho ship Elizabeth for pur-
pose OF starting q colony In Liberia. There Is q
curious story In connection with that OK
pedition AT the time It started the Hudson
Ryor was frozen one had 10 be hired TO cut
way through the IN order to let the ship
voyage. The who employed to cut tho Ice and
VINO did II was the late Commodore Vanderbilt Hs was
paid 500 for his Labor. Alter voyage OF 1--we weeks
tho ceousts landed nc Sierra Leone Thoy finally set
tied. however, at Cape MeSuradO. which 10 260 miles
southeast OF Sierra Leone. Under the auspices Of
the coloniss the educational interests OF Liberia
neglected. Liberia College founded. IL was in
corporated By charter granted by the Legislature o
Massachusetts In 1850 Among thoso interested IN th,
matter OF Incorporation George n. Briggs. simoI
Greouleaf Joel Giles, Stephen Fairbanks, william J
Hubbard. Albert Fearing and Amos Lawrence
The present trustees the Row. DIR. A. Z. Peabody
Joseph Ropes, q. Washington Warren, jacob sleeper
Charles l.. slevens tho Rev. DIR. John Means. William
Endioott. jr.. and James C. Bramaa. There ara nov
nfty students In the college and four professors Tw'
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GRAND ARMY NOTES.

Deleware's representatives at the Grand
Army Encampment at Baltimore Will be quar-
tered at Barnums Hotel.
The Committee on Invitations for Decora-
tion Day ceremonies at Tonawanda, Pa, COM
rades II. b. Mexican, Edward Overton, Jr., and
D. w. Scott, have issued neat circular inviting
members of the Order to participate with Wat
kins Post, No. 68, in decorating the graves of
deceased comrades.
There are 81 Posts in the Department of
Michigan, an increase of II since the issuance
of the roster for 1882.
The Department of Illinois now comprises
1876 Posts This is gain of IL since issuance
of roster for 1882 Commander Thomas e..
I,awler writes that his Department is gaining
rapidly.
Veteran Post, No. 81, of Falls City, Neb.,
which was organized in January last, is rapidly
growing in membership.
W. Newhall Post No. Z, Philadelphia, has
a membership of nearly 400
George S. Fowler Post, Berlin Heights, Ohio,
| organized November II, 1881, numbers 38 men,
| bers.
McConiher Post, No. 45, Plattsmouth, Neb.,
has membership of 10.
A. Sinclair Post, of Bangor, Mich, now num-
bers 50 men, and new recruits are coming In at
every meeting.
Chaplain Butler Post, No. 35 Department OF
New Jersey, held fair in January last for the
purpose of Ieplenishing its relief fund, and
realized $1,000. Arrangements are now II
progress to have tho Post uniformed in time
to turn out next Decoration Day.
Post No. 3, of Manchester, N. H., has mem
bership of 243, and i, steadily growing.
Calvin A. Craig Post, No. 75 of Parker City
Pa, is in excellent working order, new recruit!
being mustered in at every regular meeting
The Post is now completing arrangements To-
Decoration Day. Colonel w. H. IL. Bell, Ad
jutant of the Post, is jealous worker IN TIT
cause Of the Order.
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TIE runn,oM nEconu lvn .eee

As already announced by THE NATIoNA1
TRIBUNE. a communication has been tran.-
mitted from Commissioner of Pensions Dudig
through the Interior Department to the Unitei
States Senate, showing the number of pension
crs on the roll and the amounts paid for pei
sions 1t is estimated that about 10000 peI-
sioners have not been nor will be paid bcloni-
ing to the class that failed to claim pensions
for three years, and upwards of 5000 whose
residences could not be obtained, as they foll'w
the sea for living. The aggregate shows that
there are now on the rolls 269,S51 pensioners,
the annual amount required to pay them being
500. .262 400 The following shows the
CONSOLIDATION BY STATES
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invention Is patentable, unless it really IS patent
able so far as his best judgment can aId III deter
mining the question; hence you can rely on tne
advice given after preliminary examination Is
had ,r, -,,o,,
DESIGN PATENTS and the REGISTRATION
OF LABELS and TRADE-MARkS secured.
CAVEATS prepared and filed: ,,,,-,,e,
Application for the REISSUE OF PAIEN ~, i .
carefully and skillfully prepared and promptly
prosecuted -r. NAV
Applications in revivor of REJECTED, ABAN-
DOEED or FORFEITED CASES made. very
often valuable inventions are saved IN theSe ea9Se9
of cases. -.
If you have undertaken to secure your own pat
ent and failed n sllillul handling of the case may
lead to success. Send me written request ad-
dressed to the Commissioner of Patents tha1 ne
recognize GEORGE E. LEMON, of Washington - -.
c., as your attorney in the case. giving the tte
application. An examination will be made oi the
| case and You will be informed whether or not
patent can be obtained. This examination "n" i0-
| port WH cost yo't nothing. , -.
Interference Contests arising within the Paten
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TO WHOM DOES THE HONOR BELONG?

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
During the Gettysburg campaign Captain H.
Z. Duvalls company Of Purncl (Maryland}
Cavalry left lhc mouth Of the Monocacy on the
2sth Of June, and, accompanied by section Of
artillery, marched toward Baltimore City. On
reaching Cock.yilic a few miles cast Of Poplar
Springs, this force found its way barred hy
Stuart's Cavalry, whcreupon it fell back to the
Springs. The next day Captain Duvall's COM
mand joined Grcgg's Cavalry Division ut Mount
Airy, and proceeded with it to Westminster,
ana thence to the battlefield of Gettysburg,
where. on the 2d Of July, the artillery referred
to bore conspicuous part in the cavalry on
gagemcnt on the right flank of Mcade's army
Colonel James WaIacc, of Maryland, has
stated in On, Country, published at Baltimore
in 1864, that these two guns belonged to Rhode
Island hattcry. Col William Brooke Rawle
in his Right Flank at Gettysburg" Lscc p
467, ANIMAL, OF the War" Philadelphia, 1872
claims the honor for the PuInel (lIaryland,
Artillery, while Captain Duvall thinks it was
a section of Alcxandcr's Baltimore Battery.
Perhaps some Of your numerous readers can
throw light upon the subject The information
is desired solely for historical purposes
Yours very truly, J. ". KIEKLEY.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May -.
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What Will a Patent Cost ?

Ifvou are advised that your invention is patent
oble send SO to pay Government application Zee
cf Sf5 and SIS for the drawings required by the
Government. This amount is payable when the
application s made. This is all of the expense
,,ntcss n Patent is allowed. When allowed, tho at
torney', fee (525 and the final Government fee 500
Is payable ,1
Bv these terms you know beforehand, for noth-
;nC whether you are going to get a patent or not,
and no attorney fee is charged unless you do get
Patent. 100000. :;
An attorney whose fee depends on his success IN
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ro,rRAnF on TIE sKrRMIsH LINE.
,,o r-litor N,7,ro>-,1 TrTnrEr:

TO the Editor NATIONAL tribune:
! am still on the skirmish line, and viii re-
main there until every ez-soldier within my
circle Of acquaintance is armed with IHE
NArIoyAL TRIBUNE, which is battling for our
rights. il seems strange to me why any soldier
will hang back after reading what it is doing
for rs, Find enclosed another dollar to help to
keep You in ammunition TO batter down the
walls that surround such menas Beck Shame
on him-a Southern Senator has more 1atrl-
otisn than he. My last prisoners name IS
Joseph harrington. You viii please send him
TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Cor one year, in order
that he may learn the truth. This is the third
subscription through me, but not the last
Hoping you Will soon have the 100000 on
your mustcr-rol, remain fraternally yours,
UNION CITY, PA, May l. J. j. CLARK.
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4 CoNRAnr FIGURES IT OUT.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
l have only taken your paper a short time,
but would not be without it for ten times the
subscription price. 1t does my heart good to
sec the bold stand You take in behalf of the
National Defenders. When We see the liber-
ality Of Congress in regard to fees for DR.. Bliss
for services to our late President, and take IN
consideration the length of time Il soldier at
$13 per month would have to labor to secure
tina; sum, we find he would have to serve his
country nearly a hundred and sixty years. L
will send you more subscribers soon. May God
strengthen your hand grid your arm, and en-
able your glorious work to spread from cast to
west, north and south, untii every family on
the American continent shall take the best
paper in the world.
Yours truly, CHAs. STEWART.
| Usage, Iowa, Mays.
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Ocfo bat,vcon two or more rival claimants to the
i ii ct-mattcr Of invention, attended u.
Anpcai Remeties pursued III rcileI from ao'ei'o
Scarrhc, made for title to inventions. IT,
Canies Of Patents furnished at the regular Gov "
Tafl. Ircvious patents, not printed, at cost oil
making copics.l .,J
ConiES os Official Records furnished
Op;riGnS rendered as to scope, Vailei'y' ah" III
In fact any information relating to Patents and
to property riciI;sin inventions promptly iuriiieN
on the most reasonable terms.
Correspondence solicited t, o,,o
Remember this Office has been in succcs7iul ole-
ration since 1863 and you therefore reap the oee-
fits of experience.
Address with stamp for reply,
GEORGE E. LEMON.
WASHINGTON, d. c..
rg-Reference given to actual clients in almost
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WHAT THE BOYS HAVE TO SAY TO
THE TRlBUNE'S READERS.

A Fresh Supply OF Ammunition 20 Fight the Sci
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Send n rough sketch or (if you cam a model OF
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i, G.. and a Preliminary Examination will he made
Of ali United States Patents of the same class OF
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For this Preliminary Examination NJ
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TIE YERY REsT HE Has SEEN

To the Editor NATIONAL tribune;
Enclosed ! send s1 as subscription for your
paper. which ! consider valuable for its advo-
cacy Of the soldiers rights, and its literary
mcrit beyond any journal Of its kind in the
United States that l have seen.
Respectfully yours, c. ID. GATES.
CAMBRIDGE, VI, april II. 1882.
~ INSULT TO EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Inoeicc IN TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE that a
measure has been introduced in the Legislature
Of VIRGINIA directing the employment of peni-
Tertiary conyic.s N caring for the graves of the
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such a measure IS simply an insult to any
American citizen. True, they were confcdcr-
atcs. and were in our view Of the case, in the
wrong, but that matters not; they were brave,
as we Of the Union army had abundant reason
10 know; they believed their cause was right
and fought hard TO sustain it.. They were ouI
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and when they fell their responsibility for theil
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easily overlooked or excused. Every UniOI
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all such dispracc!Gl proceedings.
VIZ n. HAILER, Co F, 1l1th o. V 1.
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Answers to Correspondents.

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r. Robinson Post of Perry, New York,
has among its members Mr. il. Clapp, who was
wounded seven times at Cold Harbor.
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