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Department Commander,

Department Commander.
The mining circular referred to in the
above telegram is the prospectus of the Vet
eran Mining Company, to which attention
has twice been called by THE TRIBUNE, as
| having been signed and issued by Com
mander Stimson, in his official capacity as
head of the Colorado Department, without
warrant, and in eontravention of the princi-
pies of the Grand Army. We are glad to
know that Commander Stimson himself now
admits the impropriety of his action and has
done what THE TRIBUNE at The outset urged
him to do-withdraw the circular uncondi-
tionally. The question at issue, as we took
pains to point out, was not one of the value
Of the mining property, but simply of the
right of an officer of the Grand Army to use
his position fer Che advancement of private
business interests, and whatever might have
been the immediate result of this attempt
to induce comrades TO subscribe to the stock
Of the company, its ultimate effect must
have been disastrous in the extreme. The
success of the venture would have been even
more prolific Of evil than its failure for it
would have encouraged inscriptions per-
sons TO devise all sorts ofswintles and wild
cat schemes for the purpose of entrapping
the unwary. That it has been so promptly
abandoned must be an occasion Of satisfac-
ton to every eomrade and friend of the
Order. IF such departures from the princi-
pies of the Grand Army were allowed to pass
unnoticed or tacitIy tolerated, the Order
would decay as rapidly as it has grown, and
it would deserve the contempt with which
the public would be sure to visit it. It was
this consideration which impelIed THE
TRIBUNE, without waiting to ascertain the
intrinsic merits of the project, to unequiyo-
caliy condemn it, and we feel sure that in so
doing it but voiced the sentiment of every
true and devoted comrade Such emergen-
cies as this can never be foTeseen-the best
Of men are liable, at times, to thoughtlessly
make the most costly blunders-and it is
the duty of a Journal ike THE TRIBUNE, as
it is of every comrade, to speak out boldly
and fearlessly, without regard to individual
feelings, whenever the act Of amy official,
however exalted his position, threatens to
ieopardize the welfare of the Order. 1t is
fortunate that in this case the correction of
the mistake follows so quickly upon the
heels Of It's commission, and We are confident
that this episode in the history of the Grand
Army viii have saIutary influence upon
its morale as well as strengthen the conf
denee of the public in the reetitude and
purity of It's motives.
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AMONG the planks in the platform adopted
by the Ohio Republican State Convention,
was the following:
ResolrOd, That we favor the repeal Of the law
limiting the time in which applications for pen
sions, under the Arrears Of Pensions act. Sian be
snade"
We are glad TO observe that the injustice
of the time restrictions imposed by the Ar
rears of Pensions act is at last beginning 10
attract public attention, and this action of
the Ohio Republicans is long step in the
direction OF securing the repeal Of the OBJ
noxious provision. Tt is clear that this
provision is utterly at variance with the
spirit of the Arrears of Pensions act 40 a
whole, and ought never to have been incor-
porated in IL The truth is that the Arrears
act amounts TO confession On the mart of
the Government that its disabled soldiers
are entitled to draw pensions FROM the time
when they actually incurred their disabili-
ties, and it was neither equitable nor honor
able TO try to eFade the consequences Of that
admission by excluding from the act those
who for any reason failed to file their claims
within fixed period. It is absurd to nre-
tend that the Government has right to
e@acel its contract with Is soldiers without
fhsir consent, yet that is what it virtually
does when it refuses to recognize the rights
Of claimants 10 arrears unless their applica-
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ONE of our correspondents writes rs that
being called on, at a recent Campfire of his
Post, to contribute his share TO the general
entertainment, he made The TRIBUNE his
text, and as result obtained seventeen new
subscribers. This is an example worthy of
general imitation, and for the reason that
nothing is so potent to stimulate and keep
alive interest in Post work as the perusal of
such a journal as THE TRIBUNE, whose col
umns TEEN with Grand Army news, military
"reminiscences, and inyocations to patriotism.
Indeed, it is the universal testimony of our
comrades that THE TRIBUNE has not only
been instrumental in establishing many new
Posts and largely increasing the member
ship of the old, but has inspired the mem
bers themselves with deeper and more
active concern for the welfare of the Order.
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LATE adEiees from the Adjutant-Generals
of6ce at Omaha, are to the effect that the
gains in The membership Of the Grand Army
during the present quarter exceed all expec-
fatiOns and surpass those Of any previous
period in the history of the Order. We are
glad to have the assurance of Adjutant-
General Brown that TIE TRIBUNE is do
ing magnificent work for the 6. A. r. and is
much appreciated by all the comrades"
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In our department of Loyal Woman's
Work," this week, viii be found number
Of very interesting and suggestive letters,
the perusal Of which cannot fail to give our
readers an insight into troubles and burdens
of kind that men are much too apt to
make Light of and which, we hope VIII
awaken in The hearts of our comrades an
active sympathy.
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shall have reached the same stage of help
lessness and decrepitude can we do less for
them How mean and sordid and selfish
must be that man who can see in the spec
taeie of worn-out soldier of the Republic
asking pension nothing but an attempt
to defraud the Government which he risked
his life to preserve!
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We ARE in receipt of number of letters
from subscribers stating that circulars have
been sent them by Pension Association,
requesting a remittance of IS for the pur-
pose of influencing legislation in the next
Congress. Our advice is: Don't remit! If
any influence other than the pressure of
public opinion was instrumental in securing
the passage by the last Congress of the bill
increasing the pensions OF one-armed and
one-legged soldiers it was the urgent repre-
sensations of the Pension Committee of the
Grand Army, the members of which twice
appeared in person before the Senate COM
mittee and in behalf, not simply of the
members of the, Order, but our veterans
generally, demanded the enactment of the
measure. What action should be taken to
secure justice at the hands of the next Con-
gress it is as yet, too early to decide, but
one thing is certain: 1t is public opinion
which makes and unmakes Congresses
that it is of the first Importance to infu-
ence," and that can only be done through
the agency of the Grand Army, the rostrum,
and the press. The people at large must
be brought to see the equity of the soldiers
claims; their representatives in Congress
viii be quick enough to perceive the drift
of public opinion and follow in the current
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THE number of pension certificates issued
and signed during the week ending June
9th, was as follows: Original, 627; in
crease, 19s; reissue, %; restoration, Il;
duplicate, Is; accrued pensions, 40; total,
1925.
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Beatty. Beethorsn orxans.
Over LOO sold daring the month Of Nay.

over i,svV soia daring the month or Hay.
We have been reliably informed that Mayor
Beatty, of Washington, N. j., is making and
shipping Beethoven Organ now every ten
minutes since he has improved tina ease, and
added two new and valuable improvements
So great Is the demand for this popular instrz-
ment that the factory IS taxed to its utmost
capacity to supply the demand Over severn
teen hundred were sold during the month a.
May, being the largest business OF the kind e.
record. Read his advertisements
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
IEsraRr IsaEn- 1871
(EsrAeLIsHEp 1879

To CARE Fos nm WAC PAS BORNE TIE EsTTLE And Fos
sH WIDOW AND RFHaNs.ii-A sRkHAN LINCOLN.
THs VALIDITY or TIE PUBIC nEsT UNITED
eTArEs AUTHORIZED Law INcLUolEe DIETS cusReo FoR
FsNMERT or PENSIONS EouNTIEs FOR sERacEs ~
PRESSING RESURRECTION REBstuoN, SHALL NOT CUES
osEps-Sec . Art. XIV, CONSTITUTION or TIE UNITED
STATES.
CONSIDER n TIE AstgsT PsRss DEVOTED TO TIE INTER
FISTS on TE SOLDER PUBLISHED ~ tbs COUNTRY. EARNESTLY
coMEENp coaRApEs OF T4E CeoER.f
PAuL gENDERyocRT,
Cor,,sspsE-r-cHizf, c. A. r.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. c. JUNE IL 1883.

TIE contributor who SO kindly sent us an
account of the affair at PhilIippi, W. Va,
VIII oblige rs by sending his address to this
Office.
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The Greatest soldiers Paper in the Land

The NATIONAL TRIBUNE, the greatest soldiers
paper in the land has secured Mrs. Kate b. Sher-
wood, of Ohio TO conduct Loyal woman's
Work department. The TRIBUNE has made u
wonderful strike by it, The paper Is mammoth
weekly for 81 year.
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CHAP. v-ARTIcLE II.
DoTiFi.e

No officer or comrade of the Grand Army of the
Republic shall in any use this organization
for partisan purposes, and no discussion of partisan
questions shall be permitted at any of its meetings.
nor shall any nomination for political Office be
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tons are fled within period of its own
arbitrary appointment
The Veteran Mining Company.
We are in receipt of the following teIe-
DErrrR. Coz. JUNG 9. 1859

DENVER, COL, June g. 1883.
To the EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
The use of official titles in connection with min
ing circular was improper; and therefore, the cir
cular is Withdrawn Internationally.
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The field in which the English artists are
unriyaled, establishing their own standard, is
the treatment of child life and animal life, and
their skill in these departments of portrait
painting makes the Academy exhibition very
charming. The walls are covered with pic
lures of children, and if the public demands
this form of art the artists certainly supply it
CON am0re. English children are proverbially
pretty, and the English love of children is pro-
claimed aloud from multitude of admirable
paintings. There are portraits of children so
dainty and winning that Sir Joshua's pictures
seem no longer unapproaehable. Every sort of
child is represented, from Mr.. Philip Morris
conventienally dressed little gentlewomen
alarmed by over-tame deer, to little girl so
absorbed in listening TO Christmas music that
she has forgotten the snow in which she stands,
her head bare and a cold little hand propping
face as radiant as Joan of Ares face is in
Bastien LIE Pages picture in our own Metro
politan Museum. Paintings of children are so
very large part of the exhibition that one of
the London journals jeeFs at the pictorial
hiloprogenitiyeness which Is crowdiag cut
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-17
LITTLE LOCALS.
Ier.. There and rverywner,

Thomas Meokus, was arrested on Sat.
ulday night for assaulting his wife; Alder
man lcComOney held him for hear.
iUg,
The machinoy to bp used III digging an
astesian well at the Lancaster county
prison arrived to day. A number of men
are s'so here and work will be commenced
~ once.
Tho town is full of sido show men, who
have come to take part in the fair. They
have all kinds of curioslties and ono mau
has band of real live Indians.
The mayor had seven cases before him
this morning. Four of them were young
fellows who on Saturday night by march
ing up Middle street kicking doors and in
other ways made a noise. They were
arrested finally by Officers Leaman and
Steinwandel and tho mayor made each
pay lino of So and costs. They had hard
work TO collect tho necessary coin. Three
old offenders, two woman and man were
sent out for 10 days each.
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PERSONAL.

REV. Thomas HARRISON, the hoy
preacher" Is dangerously i'll in Brattle
borO', Vt.
GEORGE NNNDEHBILr younger SOU of
William ii. Vanderbilt. il to become Il
police reporter in Now York as the begin,
ming Of career i'll journalism.
GEN. SHERMAN, of Iowa, was prevented
from addressing Republican meeting in
Council Bluffs, on Saturday night, by N
juries in tho head resulting from fall
on n stairway"
JUNIUs BRUTUS BOOTn, tho actor aud
manager, is dying in Manchester, Massa-
chusetts He was sinking rapidly last
night. His wife, Mrs Agnes Booth, was
at his bedside.
MIR RusKIN has como out in plea for
" Our Lost Jewels" meaning thereby the
girls of Merrie England who fail from one
and another cause To grow into noble,
loyable, virtuOus women.
JAY GOULD aud his family own about
1900 shares of the Western Union tolo-
graph company out of lI0, 600 according
to the books of tho company. The next
heaviest owner is Russell Sage with 4, 100.
JOSH HART, publisher of Truth, who
first printed the famous Garfield. Morey
anti-Chineso letter, has been vindi-
Gated by election rs a delegate to the
New York Republican state convention,
whittier he goes from the same district
that sends Whitelaw Reid.
Jos. MACDONALD wears "A light, stiff
black hat, dress coat with grease spots
on it, q white vest aud dark pants. His
eyebrows, too, are gray, aud protrude a
half inch from his face. His face is smooth,
while from his neck tuft of grayish hair
extends over turned.dOwn collar.
JonN G. TRAUTwINE, tho we'll known
civil engineer of Philadelphia, died on Fri.
day evening in the 7ith year of his aye.
He was engaged in many important engin.
oering works and published several volumes
ON engineering which were translated into
nearly all the European languages.
CETEwAYo knows that African resist
ance to English authority is madness, and
he tells the Basutos 80 with vivid and for
cble elOquence. lle warns them " You
arc simply like fly on tho nose of a strong
man you can be brushed away during the
wink of an eye and be no more"
RoBERT LINCOLN used to go newspaper
men and carry them a trining court item,
with which his name might DO connected
az an attorney. 1t was in hopes that tho
name aud item might be printed together.
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tar. DRAMA.

L'hinn spencer Al the Opor> House.
SAID ono ot the managers of the " Arti-
Gle A. troupe which appeared in Fulton
opera house saturday night Your pcu
pie here like Buffalo Bills aud Uncle Tom
Cabins, don't they - and later on ono of
the cUmpluy wanted to know "what Ian
caster play Goers thought OF the play
before aud after It's rendition" These
were supposed to be- satirical questions,
prompted 10y the smalIness of the audience
present, when there was 4" SO much in the
play aud 80 much IN tho principal actress
to draw "A largo attendance" rs tho mana
ger affirmed. " Article AZ " has had a
tremendous run in Paris, a rather lengthy
one in London and satisfactory one in
New York, but it cannot DO given three
successive nights in Harrisburg, Reading
or Lancaster unless the object is that of
losing money, while at Shamokin, where
1t Is played tonight, expenses may
DO made. II IL not "a drama which
is IN COusuuaUcc with the tcmpera
mcnt of tho citizens Of tho smaller
cities of the United States, except prOba
bly IN the South, where It can succeed,
with adequate presentation, because of
certain local phases in it, which create
sympathy. This is not entirely duo how
ever To u lack of worth for tue piece has
many StrOng aud excellent features.
ArtIclO AZ Is composed of few South.
ern and many Parisian ideas, which mean
a high order of questionable sensational.
ism, and successive seasons have demon
strated that plays of this order, in the
North, with tho exception of a few large
cities, very seldom, ii ever, run proGtably
through continuous season. There is
much Of life, good deal that is vigorous
tT,t ,.E "a,
also lOoscncss of construction, an uu-
founded strain for sensational situations,
which notrIy always aro improbable
measurable degree of easy moral
lty, and now and then tiugc of
coarsoncss distressingly apparent, all Of
which are features that arc almost csson-
TALLY PariSian. Then, too, tho dia
Oguo Is sometimes woarisOmo and
thelo seems no just applicability of
c"rtatn sentences, which may bo thrown
in 10 ill up, whlIo there is not, in fact,
the complete naturalism that is expected in
play of its character. Tho company
which present ARTICLE ~ arc above
mediOCrity, and Lillian Spencer who
imporsOuates the Creole, Cora, pos
scsses splendid ability as an act
reSs. In her role as cora sho has
most trying yet effective one, for there
Is so much of suppressed passion ut first
and wild outbreaks later on, that none
but woman of taleut could give an in.
telllgcnt rendition Oftho part. Tho "mad"
act Is one OF cOnsulnmate grace aud per
iectlOn. Her litho aud handsome figure,
wild wiCh rage, hate and revenge, pro
sents all tho external characteristics of tho
passionate nature of the Creole, and her
bitter words aud looks are all up to life.
Her support is good without exception.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-17

In Philadelphia on Saturday in the
German synod of the East, of the Reform
ed church of the United States, the devo.
tlonal exercises were conducted by Rev.
G.. Facius. The treasurer presented his
report, Reference was made to the prop.
erty in Wilmington, Del. The report of
the committee on examination, licensure
and ordination was read aud adopted. Rev
l.. ID. Lederman addressed the synod. The
report of tho committee on the state of
religion and statistics was referred back,
some Of its figures being incorrect. The
next annual session was fixed for st.
PauI's church, Pittsburg. Pa, ON the
second Wednesday in September, 1884.
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Edward Dram, an old citizen of Hawley,
Pa, disappeared three weeks ago from the
residence of his son-in law, at White Mills.
Persistent search was made Tor him with
out avail, but yesterday afternoon a boy
found his dead body in tn, woods three
miles from White Mills.
The body OF Frank Devoreux, a home
steader, was found Ou Saturday in the
woods near Cheyboygan, Mich, under
circumstances which indicated that he had
perished in Aght with bear, whose
carcass lay near by. There was evidence
OF terrible struggle with the animal, and
Deyereux's body was fearfully lacerated.
The dead man was in sitting position,
Richard Brown, his wife aud five chill
dren were poisoned by eating canned
oorned beef in Pittsburg on Friday even.
ing. One of tho children died on Satur
day morning, but 1t is thought the rest of
the family would recover.
The freight elevator in the Boston store
at Chicago fell from the third floor on
Saturday morning. Charles Grasshoyer
Herman Albert, clerks, went down with
IL and were injured, the latter fatally.
George Irvine and his two young sons
died at Jackson station, a superb of Erie,
Pa, few days ago, with symptoms of
poisoning. Their bodies will be oxhumed
aud examined.
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FEArUREs OF THE STATE PRESS.

II FAI hEo OF The SIA IE BhESS,
The Altoona Tribune has made up its
mind that We need in this state aud couu.
try more Independence in pubic life.
The Pittsburg YS!tgrdph is painod to
observe that the nation is becoming race
OF candy eaters.
l.. f. Gleller, formerly typo Of this
city, is now conducting a weekly publica
ton called the Labor Herald in Plttsburg.
The Reading Times believes that butter
milk will ere long supersCdo beer as the
national beverage.
Tho Harrisburg Independent sagoly ob.
serves that the negroes of the South need
more religious training and less political
intrigue.
The Erie Observer concludes that Eric
will soon find it necessary TO follow the
example of other cities and suppress the
pole nuisance.
The Philadelphia Record thinks that
when Postmaster General Gresham
declared that Philadelphia has the finest
postollice building in the world, he must
have taken Ninth street view of it.
Apropos Judge Blacks position in
the war of the rebellion, tho Lancaster
Inquirer says To speak of him as a rclia-
bio Union man is TO falsify history aud to
do gross injustice t. those who were really
it's friends
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For sheer audacity of statement and
impudent adherence to it, Chairman
Cooper of the Republican state commit.
tee takes the palm. After having vainly
sought to defeat the Humes bill, which
is corrective of treasury mismanage-
ment, Cooper boldly proclaimed the
other night at Bedford, that the Humes
bill was a /" Republican measure" AL
though Mr.. Powell was himself born in
Bradford county and Ills ancestors came
to this country in l7l2, Cooper shame
lessly declared that he was an English.
man. His last mendacious public ut
terance was the statement toa Times
reporter the "PattiSon administration
has, in the first year of its power, cost
the people and the industries of our state
nearly two and half millions of dollars
over aud above the ordinary expense of
the state government" OF course no.
body believes any such gross aud unqual-
ihed falsehood, not even Cooper himself.
The audacity OF the fellow proves the
desperation of his cause.
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Lincoln does not do that now. tie has
risen i'll tho world on ladder erected by
his father.
LouIs BMNMER, Of New York, once
popular member of tho san Francisco
minstrclS, applied last Thursday to amag.
iStrato at Cauaiuharie, New York, to be
sent up saying that ho had eaten
nothing for seven days. lie was lodged
IN the jail, but refused to eat, and was
found dead IN his cell uu Saturday.
Ju~ErH u. MOUSE, for twenty one years
editor ot the Newburyprrt Nrrdid, and
later editor of the Boston WdrGiCr and
Boston COVyffr, died yesterday in New
buryport, Massachusetts, vt the ago of -
years. lie was member ur the Massl
ChuScttS constitutional convention oi 1853.
aud was long pt ointment rs y local poIilt
CIlu.
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THE NEW ALTAR.
Its dedication IN the Pro-usthedrai st Har
risbuFg,


Tho services at tho prO-cathedral
at lIarriburg yesterday were attended
by thousands OF people tho occasion
being the dedication or blessing of
the new altar and tho 40 hours devo.
tion In the evening pontiiioial vespers
wsro held. Bishop Shanahan was assisted
at tho throne by Rows. ID. McGlorick and
Nj, A. O'Neil, the deacous being Rev.
DIR. L. j. McCullagh, of Lancaster,
who preached u magnificent sermon on
the institution of the holy eucharist.
The altar is of beautiful design, con
struoted entirely of wood, carved with rare
skill and rich in artistic effect. IL resem-
bles Italian marble. The statues on either
side OF the tabernacle represent the evan
gelists and saints, aud the candolabra is
brilliant aud highly embellished. The
door Of the tabernacle is decorated with
the golden Chalice and the eucharist, the
representation standing out in clear relief.
Beautiful flowers set all oil in perfection
at the conservation service yesterday.