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Answers to Correspondents.

J. B., San Francisco, Cal-Yours in regard to
case Of w. Z. =. has been referred to a compe-
tent attorney, who will advise you how to pro-
coed.
7. j., Fort Atkinson, Wis-Another attorney
would not be recognized by the Department.
You should request an explanation as to the
condition of your claim from your original at
torncy.
j., Eays City, Kan.-Not being familiar
with the facts of the case, we are not so COM
petent to advise you as to the probable result
Of an appeal to Congress as your attorney
should be. Write him.
Leo, HjUsJorO, W.-Have sent you Depart
ment circular in relation to claims for reim-
bursement, which will give you the specific
information desired.
C. h. J., Clinton, Ill. Pending invalid
pension claims of lower number than those
in which evidence is now being called for, re-
main unsettled for variety of reasons ;-prin-
cipally ON account of the insutliciency or I'M
satisfactory character of the evidence furnished.
They would be taken up again for examina-
ton, when such defects were remedied 2.
Your pension money cannot be garnishGed" or
attached until it comes into your hands. 1t is
then liable to such process, the same as money
earned by labor or otherwise. See TRIBUNE,
April %, '62, No. 81, 50 Protection for Pension
Money"
". H., Brenham, Ter.-See reply to ]. MEG
in our last issue.
~ G. E., Racine U'is.-The act approved
August T. 1882, relieving certain soldiers of the
late rebellion from the charge Of desertion, be-
came a law from and after the date of approval
by the President. Applications for removal of
charges under its provisions arc now being
considered by the War Department. The error
as to term of service, pointed out in ours of
August 10, 1852, will most likely be corrected
next session, and several other amendments
added.
" C. s. Oregon, IU-You are not emitted to
bounty, having served less than two years, and
being discharged on account ola disability not
in the nature OF q wound.
Sub, Gjddings, 1cr.-You will be eommuni-
Gated with by competent attorney relative to
claims for reimbursement for value of private
horses lost III service.
Al r., HatJorO, Pa.-According to the num-
Der of claim as given, the fee would be paid by
pension agent, and deducted from the amount
found due you. We should advise you to write
your attorney, calling for an explanation.
Without full understanding of matters like
yours, it is impossible to determine them in a
satisfactory manner.
II. IS, Chalmers Hd.-There must be some
thing that stands in the way of final action in
your case Evidence is now being called for in
invalid claims numbered as high as 10000 and
over. Get your attorney to find out what the
trouble is.
Mrs c. II. ~, Lucas, O.-YOu might obtain
relief from Congress, provided your dependence
on your sons was proved satisfactorily, but it is
very doubtful We wish we could reply in a
more encouraging tone.
"a Remaining answers next week.
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was not; that it was only garter-snake. The
snake was not more than foot and half in
length. Perkins went on to camp. He went
into his tent and was not found until the poison
had taken hold of his system. The snake
proved to be a species of cobra, and that even
ing the man died. The snake was sent to
Augusta and preserved in alcohol In expla-
nation of the mans conduct can say that the
man had boarded in Augusta with D.. bearing,
who was a snake faneicr, and his familiarity
with the snakes there had made him holder
than he otherwise would have been. He was
mistaken in the species of the snaken
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The First Dead Rebel.
from the atlanta Constitution. ]

Major d. II. Ansley knew the "rebel who
is now figuring so prominently in the papers as
the first to meet his deathh in the confederate
army. In reply to a request for the particu-
lars of the mans death Major Ansley said to u
Constitution reporter: g YES knew Perkins,
the man to whom you refer. 1 went to the
war as first lieutenant in the Clinch Rifles,
from Augusta. We were at Pensacola, Florida.
l was going over to the navy-yard one day,
when l met Perkins, who had little snake in
his hands. He was holding the snake by the
tail. 1t was reaching up its head and biting
him on the back of the hand. 1t looked like a
garter-snake. 1 asked him if he was not afriad
to let the snake bite him SO. He said that he
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Kentucky still Alive.

Special Correspondence National Tribune.
LoUIsvILLE. KY, Sept. 30.-On Thursday
evening September 26th, James c. Michie,
Department Commander of Kentucky, mus
tered in a Post OF the Grand Army in this city,
the first that has been here since 1872, which
disbauded The Post is George II. Thomas
Post, No. 6. The following officers were
elected: Ed. 7. Lincoln, P. c.; II. NJ. Buckley,
S.V. c.; J. c. Hendricks, J. V. c.; J. B. Fish
beck, adiutant; D. W. German, quartermaster;
Fred c.. Losey, inside guard; George Lang,
outside guard Over forty members signed the
charter. Another Post was mustered in at
Hartford, KY, last week. Kentucky is begin
ming to show herself at last.
Yours, &c, E. t. LINCOLN.
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Red Tape, and Great Deal Too
Much Of ii.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
What Our Subscribers Have
to Say About Themselves.
TOO MUCH RED TAPE FOR THE BOYS.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
The men who left the happiness of homo to
share the privations of an active campaign life,
Nation should ever reverence. From the first
gun of the Revolution to the last one fired at
Appomattox, the American soldier has shed I'M
dying lustre upon every battle field. Leaving be-
hind the loving wife, or perchancc widowed
mother. the wnsomc prattle Of infancy, and the
associations of friendship, he went forth with
heart full of emotion TO fight for the land that
gave him birth, or that Of his adoption. ThespIut
kindled at Lexington had its triumph at York
town American pluck ut Fort Brown plantedthe
ensign on the capitol of Mexico, and-how sad 1t
is to say 1.-THE defeat at Bull Run had its VIC
tory when the Fifth and Twenty-fourth Corps,
and Others of the boys in blue, charged an enemy
worthy of their steel on the ever memorable 9th
Of April.
WARS rage was beginning to wane,
The fierce cared no longer to strike.
And the good stopped 10 soften the pam
OF victOrs and vanquishcd alike
Americas first, they should never be the last
TO be considered. When the bugle sounded at
Bunker Hill, in the war of 1912, as well as in
the late struggle, they responded with prompt
ness deserving of all the support that grateful
country can give. a Nations protectors in
time of war should be a Nations wards in time
Of peace.
In pleasant memory can the heroic deeds and
achievements of the American soldier be recalled,
and, in looking back over the long "vistas of
time" there have been no conquests so stable as
those performed by the boys of ~ our country"
Assyria and Persia crumbled in the dust for
the want of stability, and AleXander's batter
ing rams sling chariots, and other war para
phernalia Of those days, as well as his multi
tudes, could not compete with small regiment
of Uncle Sans boys with breech-loaders and
discipline. Don't give the boys" so much red
tape, but more sympathy in unraveling their
claims, in order that you may bring well-de-
served relief to them. We know of deserving
soldier for pension whose claim has been pend
ing sixteen years, and still the cry is tape-a
little more red tape.
Yours, with respect, NJ.
BALTIMORE, MD, Sept. 20.
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such bills without voting on them. They don't
want to he put on record on such things Hoping
that you viii ever prosper, and that The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE may continue to increase
in circulation and influence
1 remain, yours in F., C. and L., L. J. S.
APPLETON WIS
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penlh Of a Veteran Of isI..

John Peshine, one of the few surviving vet
Grams of the war of 1912, died a few days ago at
his home in Mamaroneck, n. y, at the ripe
age of ninety years. The deceased was widely
known and had many warm friends. His rec
ord as a gallant soldier was without blemish.
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A Brooklyn boy wrote composition on the
subject of the Quallers, whom he described as a
sect who never quarrelcd, never got into a fight,
never clawed each other, and never jawed back.
The production contained postscript in these
words: PAS Quaker, but ma isn't."-Iroy
Times
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SMALL SHOT.

CHICoPEE FALLS, MASS, Sept. 9.
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The Sons of Veterans.

The Sons Of Veterans organization in Phila-
delphia has been remarkably prosperous. Dur
ing the past year it has had a wonderful growth
in membership.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-16
PICKED UP AT SEA.

New YORK Feb. 15.LThe ship Glen
marge, arrived to day, reports that she fell
in with a boat containing eleven of the
crew and two passengers of the steamer
Bahama, from Porto Rico for New York.
She took them On board and brought them
to this port. Jno S. Scott, cabin pas
senger saved, makes the following state
ment: The steamer Bahama, Capt st.
John, from Porto Rico Feb 4, for New
York, on Feb. 9th encountered a hurri-
cane, which threw the steamer on her
beams end. Itwas concluded to abandon
the ship. Two boats were lowered. The
captains boat contained. seventeen. 1t
was swamped shortly after leaving the
ship. Two or three were seen to swim
back to the vessel, but it was impossible to
tell if they succeeded in getting aboard.
Three of the crew refused to leave the
ship, preferring to take the chances by re-
maining aboard, as the two boats were so
heavily laden. One boat contained Robts
Williams, first officer, Robt. Ross, second
officer, H. j. Fear and myself, passengers,
the second and third engineer, chief stew
ard, cook, waiter, a mess man and a
fireman.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-16
TO.DAY'S NEWS.
A Family Conspire to Muir
der the Father.
Reduction of the Tax on Whis-
key Prophesied.
House and Senate Action,
General Items.
A FAMILY MURDER.

Rock RAPIDS, Iowa. Feb. 16.-Befors
the coroner's jury. who are investigating
the murder of John Donahue who was
killed while sitting near window Satur
day night Maggie, his Oldest daughter
confessed that she did the shooting. She
also implicated her mother, her sister Anna
and the lstters love. q young man named
Burch. The girl testified that it had been
agreed between them sometime ago to put
the old man out of the way at the earliest
opportunity. Burch furnished the pistol
and when her father came home from a
farmers club meeting and was about to sit
down she stepped up behind him and fired
killing him instantly. She then arranged
the body SO as to appear aslf some one
had shot him through the window while
her sister Anna went out and broke the
glass. As to the motive for the crime
Maggie said that Burch wanted te marry
Anna and her father refused. he also did
not provide for them. The mother and
other daughter corroborated this evidence.
Burch at enc time lived in the family and
was driven from the house by Donahue
who suspected him of criminal intimacy
with his wife and daughter. All the par
ties implicated are under arrest and great
excitement prevails.
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Trustees Sale.

WHEREAS John Swanson and Christine Swanson
his wife did by there deed of trust dated the Seventh
corlers Office O: Rock Island County State of Hin
os, on the Eighth day of May, A. d. 1879, in book
2S of mortgages, at page 345 convey to the under
signed in trust the following described real estate
to-wit:
That part of the Southwest fractional quarter of
section fifteen (15) in Township seventeen (17)
North range one (1) West of the Fourth Principal
Meridian in the County of Rock Island, State of
Illinois, that lies North of Rock River, and suppos-
ed to contain 1865 acres or less, to the
payment of certain promissory note of the said
John Swanson. of even date with said decd OF trnst
given for the of One Thousand Dollars (S1, ,000)
payable to the order of Gustaf W. Sjobiad, year
after the date thereof with interest thereon from
annum.
And WHEREAS, default has been made in the pay
ment of said principal sum and interest thereon
from the date when said principal sum became due
and payable to-wit: the Seventh day of May, A. D.
1880 and application has been made to me such
trnstee, by the legal holder of said note to sell the
said premises above described according to the
provisions of said deed of trust.
Now therefore, /. Oliver Olsen, trustee afore-
said in pursuance of such application, and under
the powers and for the purposes expressed in said
deed of trust viii. on Thursday the Sixteenth day
of Feb. A. D., 1882, at Ten O'Clock in the fore
Doon et the North door of the Court House, in the
city of Rock Island of Illinois, sell Public
Auction, to the highest bidder for cash. the premi
above and in said deed of trust described, and
all the right, ttle benefit and equity of redemption
and right of homestead of said gantors in said deed
OF trust and their heirs and assigns therein for the
purpose of realizing the value thereof and applying
the proceeds of such sale to the payment OF the
amount which shall be due at the time of such sale
on said note and theeost of advertising and selling
as provided in said deed of trust
Dated st Rock Island, Illinois, January 11th 1882
OLIVER OLSEN,
M. M. STURGEON. Atty. Trustee.
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provides for the conduct of elections. reg
istrations of voters, ETC., in the territory
until provision for the same is made by the
| legislative assembly provided for in the
bill by appointees of the board, five per-
sons to be appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate, all of whom
shall not be members of one political
party.
! Mr.. Brown moved to amend SO as : to
| require that not more than three of the
board shall be of the same political party.
Mr. Call maintained that the power TO
revise the acts of election officers was prop
eriy one belonging to the courts and for
the board; to say who should constitute
the legislature would be unrepublican and
farcical
Mr.. Edmunds replied that the board
would have no power to decide as to the
qualification of electors
Mr.. Vest said the seventh section of the
bill, declaring poiygamists Ineligible to
office or suffrage, proposed to take away
the rights of citizens of the United States
for just offences without trial or conviction
for the offences. The Senator from Della
ware (bfr. Bayard) had said that terri
torial reorganization was analogous to the
original organization, when Congress has
right to impose such conditions as were
now proposed, DuI ne, MT. NeStt QenleQ
that there was any analogy. The doctrine
that the right to vote and to hold Office in
this country, when once offered could not
be taken away was something he had
never knewn to be broached before and he
denounced it as an arbitrary dispute and
unconstitutional declaration.
Mr.. Garland said it was complained that
the provisions of the bill were severe and
rough, but he would say they were intend
ed to be severe and rough. s'Let it go to
the world, he added, that Congress re-
cognizes the organization of a territory
founded upon the theery that one man is
inspired by God for certain purpose and
we may burn our statute books and give
full license to the inspirations of Guiteau
everywhere, SO long as it retained its dis
tinctive features. TIE Utah government
could net by any possibility be Rspubli-
can.
The discussion continued at some length.
A motion for an executive session was lost.
1t was finally arranged that the motion
should be proceeded with Immediately
after the merning business tomorrow and
the debate upon it closed at $50 p. m.
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3 decline in the river the past twenty-foul
hours, but the rains last night have check.
ed the decline, and with the rise reported
at Memphis to-day viii no doubt have the
tendency to swell the volume of water.
Large sums of money have been subscribed
by citizens to pay for the work of strength.
ening the levee.. and there will be no cessa.
ton of the same till all danger of overflow
is passed, which it is thought, will not last
more than week longer
Capt. j. W. Stansell. just arrived from
Delta, Miss, reports the break in the levee
at that point as being 400 feet long and the
water pouring through at a tremendous
rate
The break at Yazoo pass was slight and
has been repaired
A report reached here this evening that
break had occurred in the levee at O. K.
landing. Miss, 80 miles above this city,
but the rumor lacks confirmation.
There 10 no further news from Walnut
bend. The river is still risingsat Memphis
and Madison, and an early and permanent
decline not looked for at this point All
business is nearly at stand-still, owing to
the landings on the river being under
water, thus preventing steamers from land
ing.
Water is still over the railroad trestle
across Langville river, above Mariana, and
no trains arrived to-day over the iron
Mountain and Helena road Trains are
running regularly over the Midland road.
butthere isvery little passenger traffic from
the West owing to the almost impossible
condition of the wagon road between Oar-
endon and Brinkley. Indications were of
more rain tonight.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-16
THE MARKETS EXCITED.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Governments
were weak and lower. Stocks excited,
lower, caused by the quarrels of riva
cliques in the various railroad systems
There was heavy decline in grain and
provisions. There was much excitement
at the Produce Exchange, consequent upon
falling wheat. Several firms have been
seriously crippled and some failures re-
ported. In cash wheat there was an irregu
lar decline of 1903 cents per bushel, with
fair demand from exporters, on which
the market improved in tene, with also
some reaction in price toward the close.
The most encouraging sign displayed by
the situation at large is the recent increased
takings of exports. Shippers stood ready
to buy all they could get freight for to-day,
until the panic set in and drove them out,
though after the Change at Chicago stead
led up and saved the market, they took
5000 more.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-16
CROP REPORT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Cereal estimates
Of the Department of Agriculture of the
crops of 1881, compared with 1880, show
reduction of 81 per cent. in corn. % in
wheat 81 in rye and 8 in barley. Product
OF oats about one million four hundred
thousand bushels less than the previous
year. The aggregate product OF all cereals
is 2, ,063, ,029, $40 bushels, against Ills, 193,-
sol, decrease of "a per cent Values
are in millions, as follows: Corn, 759;
wheat, 453; oats, 1872; rye, 10; barley, 33i
buckwheat, 9. Total. 1,465. against T.
3e1 in 1880.
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FORTT.sEyENTH CONGRESS-
HOUSE.


WASHINGTON, February 16.-Mr. Cox
for the committe on auditing the expense
arising from the illness and death of Presi
dent Garfield, reported a bill granting q
pension Of So, 900 per year to Mrs. Garfield
Passed.
The following bills were reported:
Carlisle, from Ways and Means, to regu
late the collection of tax on wines and
beer.
Committee on Territories-For the ad-
mission of Dakota as State.
Hooker, from Committee on Indian AT
falrs-To provide training schools for In
dian youth.
Dunnell, of Ways and Means, reported a
bill fixing the term of office of Collectors
of the Internal Revenue at four years.
Hor reported adversely for civil service
reform bill to reduce the salaries CT heads
of departments and members of Congress.
Referred to the committee of the whole.
Naval Committee-That ten million dol
lars be appropriated for the construction
Of seven frst-class ships of war of different
styles, met with pretty general favor, and
Mr.. Harris thinks this recommendation
will be enacted into law.
SENATE.
The executive session this afternoon had
read and referred the nominations received
the past two days.
The military committee unanimously re-
ported back the nomination of Major
Rochester for Paymaster General Of the
army, favorably.
The committee after Investigation, cx-
snerated Rochester from all responsibility
for the defalcation ef Paymaster Hodges.
The committee declare that Rochester fol
lowed the usual custom of the department
in passing upon Hodges papers, and that
Rochester's record as an officer is excel
lent.
There was conference held last night
between members of tbs Senate and House
Naval committees, and some twenty or
more naval officers, including Secretary
Hunt and members of the Naval Advisory
Board, with reference to plans of rebuild
ing the navy. Recommendation OF Chair
man Harris, of the House
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-16
REDUCTTON on tax.

WASHINGTON, Feb. ia member of
the Ways and Means Committee said
to-day he had no doubt the committee will
report in favor of reducing the tax on
whiskey and tobacco but did not believe
the reduction will be as much as suggested,
he thought the whiskey tax willbe reduced
to abeut seventy cents. His idea is that
the committee will first agree to cut down
internal taxation by certain figures and
that they win then apportion reduction
among the various articles which bear that
tax
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On Thirty Days Trial.

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-16
NOGOMMIsSIOSS.

CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-The General Pas
senger Agents met to day for further
action regarding the abolition of the
system of paying commissions to agents
and others for the sale of tickets An
agreement was entered into that hereaf-
ter they would not directly or indirectly
pay any commissions to any ticket agent
or his representative in the employ of any
rilroad company party to the agreement
The action heretofore taken simply pro
vided that the roads of the combination
should not allow their town agents to re
ceiye commissions for the sale of tickets
Of other roads. Forty seven roads were
represented.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-16
FOREIGN,

LONDON, Feb. 15.-In the Commons
Dixie, Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
in regard to the Jews of Russia, said that
all precedents showed that English inter
ference in the internal affairs of a foreign
country would do more harm than good.
At meeting of the Corn Trade associa-
tion new form of grain contract was
drawn np for immediate dispatch to the
United States. The details are not pub
lished, but it is understood that
though the trade is actuated by every
desire to meet the views of the Americans,
they are compelled to make very consider
able alterations