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The National tribune., 1883-03-01
Grant Entirely Risht-PubIish the Pensioners

Grant Entirely kIght-PuDliSh the fensi0HerS.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
was pleased to see in your paper of Febru-
ary u au article written by soldier In defense
of the stand taken by General Grant on the
question of pensions. Like the writer, /, too,
felt that had the article referred to been care
fully read, no honest objection could have been
made to its intended import | believe the
good soldier has truer friend to-day than
General Grant. Serving under his command
both ut Vicksburg and III the Army of the PO-
t0mac, then believed him right in doing all
man could do to crush treason. | now believe
him right i'll guarding the interests of the de-
serving soldier and preventing uncalled-fOr
raids on the United States Treasury. | can
dcrStand why those who entered the army for
the sake of the money 10 be received object TO
his letter, but the soldier who entered from
pure patriotism feel to-day asks only his dues
from the United States Government, and fully
indOrses the stand taken by General Grant.
There are two sides to this question of pen
siGns. While would be the last man TO oppose
u just claim of any soldier, still nv love for q
good soldier Is too strong tOallOW me to see him
Wronged by an unworthy one. There are
grounds for much that has been said and writ
ten on unjust claims. Still these cases are be-
yOnd the power of the Commissioner 0f PEN
siOns to detect, and feel that to-day the only
way to get at such cases is through published
list as has been proposed. Who is there who
has just claim to pension that would object
to such list? | feel that nearly all worthy
pensioners would sanction it, and feel it an
honor rather than disgrace to see their names
on such Il list and that it is the only practical
way to purify the pension roll.
gave to the service four years of my life and
was several times disabled by wounds in battle,
for which | now draw pension. Iaccept what
the Government bCstOwS as pay for such disa-
biIties, but do not put it in the form OF de-
mand. Ishould feel it detracted from the claim
to patriotism. | have no fears that our repre-
sentatives in Congress will ever knowingly de-
priEe Il soldier of a just pension, but any man,
be he in Congress or out who honestly tries 20
bring unjust claims to light be he Democrat or
Republican, receives my feebly Endorsement,
and my condemnation when he would take
from a worthy soldier, his widow or orphan their
just dues. ). L. WRIGHT.
BOSTON, Mass.
The National tribune., 1883-03-01
The Capture Of Vicksburg.
litnr NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

To the Editor NATToNAL TRIBUNE:
What are the prospects of your giving the old
vets a history of the campaign. siege and capture Of
Nick-burg? Your histories are more complete and
accurate than the VOLUMES Of general history are
and go more into detail, reaching nearer the
work of the private soldier and do not give all the
praise 10 general officers.
Respectfully. yours.
JNo. G. CAREOTHEUs.
MANsFIELD, q. Company T. 32d O. V. VI.
The opening chapter of THE War in the
West" leading via Mill Springs, Fort Donelson.
Pittsburg Landing, and Cornth to the capture
OF Eicksburg, appears in this weeks TRIBUNE.
-ED1
The National tribune., 1883-03-01
March
Pensions for Prisoners of War.

The Ex-Prisoners of War Association of Franklin
county, o., at its last meeting appointed commit
tee to procure from the Congressional Pension
under their consideration to carefully examine
them, and To recommend bill that the association
win urge for adoption by the Ohio association,
which will meet st Newark on june 18th and 18th
next.
The National tribune., 1883-03-01
Back From the Jaws Of Hell.

- had an experience of twCnty-onc months in
four of the bcli- of the Southern Confcdcracy of
which AndcrsonViie WAS the hottest pit. The first
time tried TO escape / WAS recnpturcd by the
biOOdhoundS. and the second time | succeeded in
making my way to the Seventh Ohio cavalry. /
would like 10 hear from amy of The five who
shared Iay three days w:rIdering.''-A. w. Vert,
NnrL- Nlh
The National tribune., 1883-03-01
lie Way be President Yet.

" l am glad am old enough TO read your good
aud noble paper. My father was "A soldier, and /
;uu glad to that THE TRIBUNE stands up for
soldiers rights. Father says / never Will he brave
enough to make good soldier, but he don't know.
/ am only fourteen years old and may be President
yct."-Georgie y. Moon, Mason, Mich.
The National tribune., 1883-03-01
Number 8 in Family of II Soldiers.

" In the last number Of The TRIBUNE I read an
account of finally of five soldiers. ! write to in
form you that ! am No : ia "a family of eleven
brothers, Of whom ten served in Illinois regiments
and one in the Fifteenth Wisconsin. The latter
was killed at island No TO- another brother
shot in front of Atlanta the day Mcpherson fell, IL
third brother was brought back from the front sick,
and died at home. Several others wounded,
but only one draws pension"
IE MARS Iowa. DAVID o. MARCHANT.
The National tribune., 1883-03-01

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
How does /. II. Axton, in his defense of Gem
earal Grant, account for his signing the salary
grab bill and still pleading the poverty Of the
Treasury as reason for not signing the equal
izatiOn bill? Did Grant ever refuse ans thing
that was offered him? If so. / fail to resne:a-
Der what it was certainly not the nomination
for third term. which he did not get, by the
way. The old soldiers made their power felt
at that time, and. as sure as there is 4 God In
Heaven, they will in the future.
j. Il. MABBOTr.
The National tribune., 1883-03-01
Thai M.sterien> Tnehoat Amin.

" n response to the inquiry in THE NATIONAL
TEIGfNE a. 10 thc name Of The tHgboat, viii say
that the boat WAS the Fannie. commanded by Lieu
tenant Crosby. She captured in the October of
the same year, with part of her crew, 10y rebel
steamer, and commanded by Commodore String
ham, not Godsboroueh JOHN \. Wryhr, Ma
quoi.cta, Iowa.
The National tribune., 1883-03-01
4 Voice from Nirginia.

" ann an old soldier, and il occurs to me that we
might start Post here in Old Virginia if soldiers
would come here and locate Land is cheap and
good, and farms be bought low. The winters
short and mild. WILL with great pleasure,
answer any inquiries that may be asked concern
ing land, &c."-Francis Marion, Fifes, Goochland
county. Va.
The National tribune., 1883-03-01

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
do not approve the criticisms passed upon
General Grant by some of the old soldiers L
believe them to be unjust to him and to them
selves. All men are liable to err in Judgment
and cannot condemn any man because he dlt-
fers with me. All hail to the chief!
D. J. SPENCEs-
SIBLEY, iowa.
The National tribune., 1883-03-01
4 Good Paper for Everybody TO Read.

THE TRIEJSE is just the paper for the sons of
old soldiers to read. for they will learn thereby
what suffered in the for the Union THE
TRiECNE j. good paper for the young, and. in
deed. it j. fit for any body read for it contains
lothing but what is right t'-Joscph Noblit, Weno-
nah, y j.
The National tribune., 1883-03-01

The remainder is divided between thirty
two States and Territories, in numbers ranging
from 334 in Nebraska to 1920 in the lite State
of New Jersey.
The National tribune., 1883-03-01
Militia Forces of the United States.

A letter from the Secretary of War to Con-
grcss, transmitting an abstract of the militia
forces Of the United States, on the Sd of Feb
ruary last. places the number of men in the
whole country available for military duty un-
organized at 6,707 900.
The organized strength of the militia of the
The National tribune., 1883-03-01
CHRONOLOGY OF THE WAR.
The Lending Events of the War Arranged by
Weekly Anniversaries.
OF

March /. General Twiggs expelled from the
United States Army.
.. United States revenue cutter Dodge
surrendered 10 the Confederates at
Galveston, Tex.
4. Inauguration of President Lincoln.
4. State convention declares Texas out
of the onion.
5. General Beauregard ordered by jeff.
Davis to take command of Confe l.
crate forces at Charleston, :. g.
s. Fort Brown. Texas. surrendered to
the Confederates by special agree
mcnt.
The National tribune., 1883-03-01
EANnEooI IN TnE -.

Chris. Schmidt. also "a mcmbcr OF the Nine
seem % ionli company J.. testified rs follows:
~ iyier- they had uo shcter or anything Of the
Elia H1.A'GG lTa- furnished l-. inst a lot Oh tile
Gp.n hei1- ia." by little Ere Dg log burning,
sia kept stirring u up 10 keep wurin il u3ls ram
Es Jl WuD@ night; All the shelter WAS taken ul
- thc other prisoners: there were fJilr thousand
z there, Ne were I}lUled at tunes and were
EircltcG around ihe country; lad 20 walk bare
Root cn he hot sand sometimes. that Was in the
BaInnicr time: la the winter trne we were obliged
70 walk uH the snow barefoot The rsttions con-
SISTED of plui OF laca and about eight ounces of
Es, hardly tilsst. at Iyler rsiioiis were the
SALT There MAS one man OF the Twenty-sixth
The National tribune., 1883-03-01
Grants Right to Differ.

HELENA, Wis.
The National tribune., 1883-03-01
Consistency. Thou Art a Jewel.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

RocKPORT, n. Y.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08
DoDe,tic Markets.



NEW YORK. Jan 6.-Cotton closed steady 1n1so
for middling uplands and 10 s-Iee for middline
Orleans.
FLoUR-The market closed firmer and more active
both Tor export and home trade; 40 st ? a3
80; Superfne Western and State at lo,d3 IS;
ity Mills extra for the West Indies al 2 "a 3 80;
for South America 5(No15 TS. low extrss At B. q
4 3O Winter Wbeats 4 5tEG5 so fancy DO SOC
20; Winter whest patents at 75 z ~; Mn
nesota clear at as 60; d. straight : 256 ~;
do patents at o al .; Southern flour steadyiand
urm; common TO fair extra at 7cl9 70; good to
WHEAT-market closed firm No Red Winter
on spot firm at l2a 13lS; sales at Il for
January; sales 1874 February: j 1885 al l53s
March 17A91 l71s April; No Chicago nomiu-
Corn-mark closed trn; No on spot ests q 40:
sales at $40 for January: sales at S6Ss February
6614 ds6ssc for March sales 64ssc May.
OATs-closed firm; Western at 46 d51c State -
@52c; No for January at 4e@461sc; February at
Pork-market closed steady but quiet; n W mess
on the spot IL 25GlS 37rz :January ~ Soa lbi
February a. O6a u IL; March Is lbgis 2s.
Lard rarely steady; prime steam on lthe spot at
10 10; 10 60 $40 e5 for January; o7Ialu73 for
February; lo7salo 81 for March; 10 ssGlo 80
for april; 10 e6G1O 81 for May.
Taliow-steady and nrm at SC.
BUTrER-dull and easier.
CHEESE sse 'dy.
CHICAGO. Jan. 6.-Flour unchanged. Wheat 10
higher;regular at 96ssc for January; a7e97 ~ Tor
February; 96c bid March; No Red winter at csc;
No Chicag Spring at 96@96Sse No 3 at soc;
january. 52ls 5214c February; 61Ts@52c for
March. Oats steaiy at 35s4 cash; S5isaSec for
january; sec February, s5s4 March Rye armer
at 571sD6Sc. Barley unchanged. Dressed Hogs
higher at z 1907 40. Pork lower at l6 954l7 90
cash II 10a17 l2As for Februry; IL 27Aial7 80
March; IL 421s9i7 AS April. lard lover 10 s,r9
10 S2is cash; 10 421s@io As Febru ny; 10 30 q
10 52Lz for March. Bulk Meats unchanged shoul-
ders at S5: short rib S5; short clear %
Receipts Flour $4,000 bbls, wheat 81, ,UnO bush,
corn 1853. 900 bush, oats 79,CoO bush, rye 1000
bush, barley 29, COZ bush.
Shipments-Fiour 20. 900 bbls, IL 900 bush co n,
1Gl N. m hush oata IA ono bnah 800 bnsh
barley $4,000 bush.
ST. LoCIs, Jan 6.-Flour unchanged. Wheat is
higher; NJ Red Fall 90 @s9s.c for cash 9l4
999$sc for January; 1 00G1 oO1s 4 T February;
OPS for March; / O41s for April; No Z at o '-a.
Tor, higher at 45ts G45Ssc for cash; 4ts4 e &c
January; 46La d47c February; T. Ssc April. Pork
dull at 8 s5 bid cash. Lard nominally 1uts.
Receipts-Flour A. 100 hbls, wheat i OtI bush
corn $1,000 bush, oats 1000 bush rye 5000 bush,
barley 8 900 bush.
corn 4O0u bush, cats 600 bush, rye O2 0cO bush,
barley 1000 bush
DETROIT Jan. 6.-Wheat steady No White fall
cash and January 99c FeD OOLa; March O21a
bid; No at o5A C No 2 Red Winter y5I3e.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08
Fire in Bridgton.

ire III brlORVOQ.
BRIDGToN, Jan. 6.-James Douglass house
stable and contents in West Bridgton was
burned this morHing. cause defect in chimney
Loss about 81 1000; slight insurance.
Funeral of Elisha 81. Allen.
Bangor, Jan. 6.-The funeral of the late
Hon Elisha II. Allen occurred today from the
residence of Mrs. Frederick Hobbs on StaEe
street. Notwithstanding the intense cold the
attendance was very large, iocluding our NEST
eminent citizens and large representation Of
the Penobscct Bar. The services were con-
Quoted by Prof. John S. Sewall ana consisted
of reading of the scriptures and prayer with
singing by choir. Pail bearers were Hon
Hannibal Hamlin, His Honor Mayor Strick-
land, Hons. VIM. 81. McCrelis, s. 81. Blake,
A. w. Paine, Abraham sanborn and f. A.
Wilson, and C. P Stetson, Esq
Fire in Bangor.
BANGOR, Jan. THE shouse and barn of
Samuel Pulls in Bradley were,destroyed by FIRE
this morning. Property uninsured. The or n
er was considerably burned about the hands
and face.
The Prohibitory Law in Lewiston.
LEWISTON, Jan. 7.-Another citizens meet
ing was held in City Hall Saturday evening.
Three hundred people were present. A COM
m ittee of nine was appointed to wait upon the
county attorney and urge him to persistently
enfore the prohibitory law, and to cooperate
with him in bringing the offenders to justice.
The same committee were authorized to form
law and order league for concerted action
at the polls. Speeches. denouncing the pre-
sent city government were made.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08
GOV. BUTLER.
Why He Sheuldn't be Deemed the Enemy
of Massachusetts.

Why He Shouldn't be Deemed the Enemy
of Massachusetts.
Boston. Jan. 6.-Gov. Batler was the guest
this evening of the Middlesex Club, and made
quite q lengthy address In which after review
ing THE glorious history of Massachusetts -
he concluded as follows: "And if there have
been any stains upon her escutcheon or If any
speck of rust has gathered upon it, or if there
Is anything in what has been done that needs
correction, he who brings it to your attention
for the purpose of having tt brushed off,
ought not to be called an enemy of Massachu-
setts. He should no more be called hostile to
Massachusetts than loving son who with a
wisp broom strikes off mud on his parents gar
ment, can be claimed to be doing an unfilial
action. No, Massachusetts, is worthy of our
love, respect and veneratioD in the past, and in
the present, because if you allow me to carry
out my llustration, all that there is are only
lingering spots or the bright face of her escut-
cheon. Let us do what we can to remove them,
80 that escutcheon shall be bright, glistenng
gloriously, and may it shine forth to all the
world like shield polished to its highest ex-
tent like that of Richard the Lion-hearted,
when he flashed it into the face of the Saracen
II is the duty of her children to bring back
Massachusetts to the high condition in which
our fathers gave it to us, SO that we may trans
NIT II to our children in the same glory and
pawer with which we received it.'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08
THE CIVIL SERVICE BILL.
Some Criticisms Made by the Heads o
Rfraa11a

Some Criticisms Made by the Heads of
Bureaus.
WASHINGTON. Jan. THE passage of the
civil service bill has excited the llveiest inter-
est among government employees in this city.
There is wide variance in opinions expressed
relating to its utility and practicability. One
feature OF the bill, however, that providing
for promotions after competitive examinations,
meets with the nearly unanimous condemna-
tion of the various heads of bureaus It is
asserted that no outside commission could
know the requirements of an office, and ability
OF candidates, as we'll as the superior officer of
division. A high bureau officer, who had
been much annoyed by the persistent efforts of
class OF gentlemen he speaks of, after ex-
pressing his approval of the bill, said humor-
ousiy, II am going to have section of the
floor hung on hinges, and the first Senator or
member who comes here place-hunting will
suddenly be landed in the street." A member
OF the Cabinet said he did not understand why
congressman. who are directly responsible to
their constituents for their actions, and who
should from their position be we'll qualified to
judge, must be deprived of the power to re-
commend candidates for appointment to office.
Perhaps that power had been abused in in
stances, but their constituents possessed the
means OF summary redress.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08
MINOR TELEGRAMS.

There was slight panic in ST. Patrick's
church in New Haven, Saturday, caused by
some OF the evergreen decorations taking fire.
No one was seriously hurt.
Salmi Morse has appealed to the courts to
compel the Mayor of New York to allow the
production of the Passion play.
Themas Fitzgerald. proprietor of the Phila-
nelphia Item, is accused of stealing court
records from the prothOnotary's office.
A meeting of the Fall River Spinners'
Association will be held Tuesday night to dis
cuss the low wages paid by the Troy mill and
revise the laws of the Association.
German citizens of New York had a meeting
countrymen who are suffering from the floods
on the Rhine.
The American party which went to the Cape
OF Good Hope to observe the transit of Venus
has arrived at Plymouth, Eng. Their observa-
tions were very successful
George Haymans, turpentine manufactur-
or OF Darien, Ga, was fatally wounded by a
negro. Before he died he shot the negro dead.
The standing committee of the Episcopal
church in the Springfield, ILL.,, diocese have
refused to give their consent to the consecra-
tion of Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson of New
Orleans, recently elected Bishop of Mississippi.
The Surgeon-G General of the Marine Hospital
Service has written letter to the Secretary of
the Treasury, strenuously opposing the trans
fer OF that service to the Navy Department.
Adelbert B. l.. Lynes, brakeman on the
Harlem River express, was run over by train
Saturday and killed.
A woman's insurance and accident company
has been organized in New York.
Claflin g. Co., of New York, discharged 100
cloak makers Saturday.
/ The Pacific Stock Exchange of San Fran
CISCO proposes to sell its property on account OF
the decline in stock business.
The 1.-TWO children of John and Thomas
/ kerins of North Adams. Mass, recently re.
ported as having been lost while en- route from
-Nevs, have turned up at Palmer, Mass.
The net receipts of cotton at all United
States ports last week we're 121. .1S6 bales, and
the total export to date 2,26S,751 At the
same date last year the exports were 100, ,737
bales.
:. The Secretary of State has officially informed
the Chinese minister that this government has
reached the conclusion that transit through
| the United States of Chinese subjects proceed
| ing to or from third country is permissible
under the laws, with certain precautions tt
| prevent abuses.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08
Lewiston Industries.

The Lewiston Journal gives several columns
Of statistics relating to the manufacturing in
dustries of Lewiston and summarizes them as
follows:
Nearly sixty-one million yards of cotton and
woolen goods were made in Lewiston in the
year 1882. This product is the largest in the
city's history. 1t is a gain of seven million
yards-or about 13 per cent-over last years
product. But while this is the great fabric OF
our business prosperity, it is important, also to
note that II ,0000 900 feet of long lumber, nearly
4,00O. 900 bags, 100000 bobbins, 100000
wooden boxes, 100000 bricks, 5000 dozen
shirts and thousands Of other articles were
made in 1882 by the smaller workshops Of the
city. We are glad to believe that the number,
success and importance.o of our lssse industries
are increasing. The number of our spindles
has been largely increased since one year ago.
1900 males and 8, 300 females are given steady
employment in the mills and shops of the city,
which consume annually 10000 tons of coal
aud 100000 pounds of cotton. All this ma
chinery is driven by 90 water wheels, furnish
ing 5000 horse power, besides large number
of steam engines and water motors.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08
COLLISION AT SEA.
The Inman Steamer City of Brus.
sells Run Down.
TEN PERSONS REPORTED DROWNED.

CORK, Jan. 7.--Inte lligence is lust re-
ceived that the Inman steamer City of Brus-
sells, Capt. Land, from New York, December
18th, for Liverpool, was run down in tie
channel by Glasgow steamer during fog
and ten persons we're drowned.
New YORK. Jan. THE New York agent
OF the Inman line OF steamers at late hour
tonight had heard nothing of the reported ac-
cident to the steamer City of Brussels. He
says the vessel was at Queenstown at o'clock
Saturday morning and should have reached
Liverpool this morning. So the accident must
have occurred between the ports named
Ameng the passengers on the City of Brus-
sells are Mr. and Mrs. W. Ii. McLuard, O.
Siegel, E. Aubrey Hunt, J. E. Jones, Jehn f.
plummer, Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Fl. Edbrook, j..
M. Buckley, (colored,) J. B. Palmer, Capt. j.
Lurvey j. MCGEE. M. r. Dofour, Arthur
Maston, Capt. G. W. x. Masters, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. NJ. Kelley and B. II. Buxton.
LONDON, Jan. IA despatch from Liver
pool TO the Telegraph says the steamer City of
Brussels was sunk off Liverpool. Two Of the
ten persons drowned we're passengers.
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Be sure and get the Genuine.
NEW YORK.
Kate Fields Receiver.

New YORK, Jan. 6.--An injunction was
granted to-day by Judge Pratt of the Kings
county Supreme Court, restraining Richard
Arnold and Henrietta Constable from prose
cutting the proceeding to eject f. H. Smith,
the receiver of the Cooperative Dress Asso-
citation, from the store in New York.
Beecher and Socialism.
In lecture delivered tonight, Rev. H. w.
Beecher referred to socialism and said the
theory that the strong should carry the weak
was generous conception and a Christian
idea. Churches were useful as moral educat-
ors, but as for theology the less of it they car
ried the better. His references to the doctrine
of socialism were greeted with mingled ap.
plause and Kisses.
Profitable Cod Fishing.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-Cod fishing off West
Hampton, L. l., better than ever before One
haul on the 9Th and one on the 10th of Decem-
Der netted the fsherm en- $780, The life-sav-
ing crews own nets, and during the past two
months have made more money fishing than
their wages amounted to.
Death Of the Editor of the Drawer" In
Harper's Magazine.
MOUNT VERNON, N. Y, Jan. 7.-William
A. Seaver. editor of the Drawer in Harper's
Magazine and contributor to Harper's Bazaar
formerly editor of Buffalo newspaper, died
to-day of acute pneumonia, aged 69.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08
Nilsson's Throat Disabled.

ST. LOUIS. Jan. 6.-The Nils on concert sea
son has received a sudden and very serious
check through the development of a very Sc
rious case of sub-acute inflammation of the
larynx. At st. Joseph, where she was to sing
away, and the disappointed audience of this
evening would have filled Olympic Theatre
and produced over $1,000 receipts. 1t was
stated here today that the injury to the prilna
donna's voice is even more serious than the
management care to admit, and that only ex
treme care will prevent permanent deteriora-
/ tion. The company starts this evening for
New Orleans, where it is to give three con-
certs next week. The manager, Marius
Mayer, stated today that the situation is a very
serious one, and it is feared that unless the
balmy air of the South produces rapid reme-
dial effect upon the fair Swede's voice, the
concert season will end in disaster.