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The Platform Of the Soldier.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
1t is not only our privilege but duty. TO study
the platforms and principles of the various parties;
but, whether the Democrats insert a free-trade
plank in their platform or the Republicans show
wholesome determination to stick tie civil service
reform, l am determined to plump my ballot
seirIareIy against any candidate who Is or has been
opposed to doing Justice 10 the soldier who has
been guilty of snsering at our pensioners.
r. r. MEAD,
HUNTSVILLE, Ill Co. h sub Iowa Cav.
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two cannon eoralled, which we had taken from old
Early during the afternoon and night. l should
like to hear from some more of my old comrades
in regard 10 that battle. have just finished Com
rade SIMPSONS narrative of the siege of Vicksburg.
It interested me greatly, inasmuch as was there
from the first to the last. belonged to the Thir-
teenth Corps and participated in all the fighting
that took place before the assault on Vicksburg,
and after crossing the Mississippi saw the bonn
your good work for the soldier. You can count
me subscriber for life.
THOMAS J. PARKER,
Company E, Eighteenth Indiana.
Rrxc IT
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A Call for Information.

lam the conlratle who drew the horse equipments
at Memphis Tenn I drew them soon after the ex-
ploSiOn of the steamboat Suitsna- There was
lieutenant his wife and child board. The lleu-
tenant was drowned, but soldier saved his wits
and child. General BGcklaDd WIS commanding as
Memphis at the time, and he gave the heutenants
wife the horse eGui pments which Won i would
like 70 find some eolIFate who knows the Of
the persons above referred co. ad the date which
the drowning ceUred.'-JOsephS 5. HOlley, Argos.
Indiana
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wha, . soldIsr,, WIG Th,,s, A. me tribune.

:" / the wife of a soldier who Is almost blind
and disabled for life but take THE TRIBUNE, ana
think it the best paper IN the country for our sx-
soldiers. do not know how they can do witnoas
a paper that advocates their rights as eioqoenl.y
You in the good cause which you advocate. n-MArs
J. HagerInan, Tolona, Ao.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D. c. THURSDAY 81 1883

Sunday, and stuck to Wilder until Monday night
We then fell back to the gap and held it until Tues
day morning, and then went to Chattanooga Our
commander was Colonel Dan MeCook, the brigade
commander, and heswas great one, you bet and
brave officer. Twas wounded at that battle in the
foot but staid in the fight until it all over.
CLEAE CREEK, CAL. ~ JACOB WHITAKER.
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A Chin Of the Old Block.

lam a little boy eight years old. My father
served IN Michigan cavalry regiment and was
wounded three times during the war. We taxa
THE TRIBUNE and i have become greatly in-
terested in the stories of the which it con-
tainS especially IN the prisoners narrative Good
Bye to Dixie, and the signal corps articles
Winfield Boyle, Maple Rapids, Mich.
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McCook,s Brigade at Chattanooga.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the best paper ever
read or ever will have chance to read; but what
started out to say was that Wilder's brigade was
not the only brigade that cut up Longstreet troops
at the battle of Chickamauga The Third brigade,
Second division, Fourteenth Army Corps have got
Saturday night and began firing about daylight On
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u. W. j. GILsON,
BURR OAK, MICH. Co. A., 18th Mich. v.
To the Editor NATIONAL, tribune :

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In your issue of May 10th, Comrade Fish relates
the story of how Colonel Walcutts brigade captured
a rebel battery high hill to the left of Little
kenesaw, in June, 1864 and states that his own
regiment, the Forty-sixth Ohio was put forward as
skirmishers. Now, had the honor to belong to
that grand old brigade and / would say by way Of
reply to Comrade Fish, that it was the Ninety
seventh Indiana, and not the Forty-sixth Ohio,
which was sent forward on the skirmish line. The
brigade consisted of the Ninety-seventh Indiana
Forty-sixth Ohio, Sixth Iowa, One Hundred and
Third, and Fourteenth Illinois. The fight took
that day for the Sixth Iowa lost their adutant-
Grimes-a brave officer, and beloved of the brigade.
Comrades who were in that engagement will re-
member the battery our right around which
Sherman, Logan, and others, were standing. Sher-
man was looking through a field glass and direct
ing the gunners and the boys said afterwards that
it was Old Pap Sherman who had killed the
rebel General Pope.
WIN. F. MONTGOMERY,
CANTON. Ill. Co. ID. 103d ]. V. I.
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walcutt's Charge at Little Kenesam.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

In your issue of the 10th inst, Comrade Fish
gives an account of the capture of battery at the
left of Little Kenesaw, by General Harrows diyi-
sion of the Fifteenth Army Corps, but says that he
does not recollect the exact date. participated in
that charge, and remember the date June Is.
l differ with Comrade Fish, however. as to several
things in regard to that charge. He says, for in
stance, that we up at double-quick. He
is mistaken there for after had formed in line,
we took a good rest before starting. He is mis-
taken, too, think, to the sort of works that we
encountered If there was anything more formId-
able than some skirmish pits failed to notice
them. observe, also, that he gives General Q. @.
Walcuts brigade all the credit as they happenedto
be in the front lne and states that his loss was very
lght-only few wounded. My recollection is that
there were several killed, and remember seeing
two three lying dead on the field as my company
passed over the ground on the charge. One of the
dead was an officer of the Sixth Iowa regiment.
However if Comrade Fish thinks am mistaken,
will not quarrel about it,
L. w. j. gibson,
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stor,s. from tn. Eo,eastls Mant.a.

am much interested in the letters from she
boys in blue, but would like some from the TO-
,assls. ~. e. Thorp, Fiagg Station. III.
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Disputed Actions Of the twentieth Corps.

A--N-e. - ia IN.
Late Serg't. Co. ,. both O. V. vi
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-21
REFORM.

The Republican managers IN WASH
ington need not imagine that they can
delude the people. Their juggling per-
formances in the House Of Representa-
tives will not deceive, says the New Sun,
any man who is worth deeeiving. The
most important subject to be dealt with
at the present session Of Congress is the
reduction OF taxation. 1t was the great
theme of the Presidents message, The
press everywhere have dwelt upon it.
The people demand it earnestly. 1t is a
reform which the party in power cannot
neglect or evade with safety to them
selves. The Republicans are RESPONSE
Bile for the legislation OF this Congress.
They must be held to account both Tor
what is done and what is left undone.
The internal revenue system should be
reformed so that there shall be no tax
on any article of domestic production
except spirits. The tariff should be re-
formed so that the event it yields will
equal the amount required for an honest
and economical administration OF the
Government. There is no difficulty
whatever, ever at this late day, in pass,
ing bills which will accomplish this pur'
pose. The Democrats Will make no OPP
position to such bills; and if the Repub'
hcans fail to present them and fail tc
carry them through, the Republican
party will have to answer for the failure,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-21
GRASpING,

That Unsuitable devourer Of competing
lines, the Western Union Telegraph
Company. has swallowed up the Mutual
Union at last. It is true that the latter
company retains a theoretical individu-
atty. It still has an independent cor
porate existence Of its own, and is in
contemplation Of law a separate entity.
But it has to all intents and purposes
been merged in the Western Union,
That gigantic monopoly has secured a
lease of ii for the period OF 80 years.
and so in the telegraphic fields the
Western Union is monarch Of all it
surveys, and is In a position to impose
any rates it pleases upon an unprotected
and understanding public. Some Of
these fine days Congress will take a
hand in the telegraph business, and
then the owners OF the Western Union
may wish they had not been quite so
orasnin5
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-21

The case Of Mrs. Pennaluna against Mr..
Pennaluna, the parties being Grass Valley
ans, is now on trial before the Superior
Court. The Transcript says that much Of
the testimony is unfit to print, but there
are some very ludicrous features in the
testimony. For instance, Saturday morn
ing Mrs. Pennaluna said she had been
blessed with IS children by the man she
now wants to be freed from. In the after
noon Mr.. Pennaluna swore that she had
given birth to only six or seyen-he wasn't
sure Just which. The charge that he had
struck her on the head with d book he ma.
by saying that as he sat reading the Bible
one night she called him some names,
whereupon he hit her with the book, He
afterward admitted that it might have been
a copy Of the New Testament instead OF
the Bible that he used. Both are members
of the Church is what makes the physical
discipline with the Bible or New Testa-
ment the proper thing.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-21
The Louisiana Lottery.

At the last drawing in the Louisiana
State Lottery at New Orleans, Jan. 8, the
following were the lucky ones: Ticket No.
1O,454, sold for SIS to Alvin Kensler of
Odessa, La Fayette County, Mo-, drew
$4,000. Ticket No. s,Ss6-sold in 6fths,
for 81 each-one SIS. 900 to Augustine
Lopez, Sc Baronne street; another SIS, 900
to F. Tagliapietra, 1913 Cont street; both
Of New Orleans. Among others, the third
capital prize of $4,000, won by ticket No.
S6,40l, sold in tiftbS in New York City.
Tickets Nos. %, 2s5 and 7O,755, drawing
each 5 9 1000 were sold in ffths-one to N.
B. Apple OF Omaha, Neb.; one collected
through the Union and Planters Bank of
Memphis, Tenn; one to j. b. Ketchum,
No. $50 Broadway, New York City; one to
H. E. Stevens of Titusville, Pa. Tickets
Nos. 1920, 1858, 80. $50, 1856, SO, 672,
each drew 81, 1000, scattered over the coun-
try. The next opportunity will be on
Tuesday, March 10, of which any one
applying to M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans,
La, will be fully informed.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-21

The Chinese, it is reported, are greatly
exercised over the big comet which
famed in the skies last Fall, and which
a sharp eye can still detect under the
Dog Star. The Emperor, it seems,
thinks his officials have been deceiving
him, and he is much disturbed over the
comets sudden appearance. II there
are any official astronomers in China
nowadays, whose duty it is to look out
for the approach of comets, they would
do well to remember the fate of their
ancient predecessors, Hi and Ho, who
were beheaded because IN eclipse, which
they should have foretold, occurred I'M
announced in consequence Of their hav.
ing neglected their duties in %riotous
living.
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Curfl!a Dailn sentiusl.
CALrroHNIA.s SOAP MINE.

The best news that has come from Cali
fornia in wears, says the New York Her
aid, is contained in the announcement oil
the discovery of a vein Of clay containing
so much potash that it can be used as
soap. A great many natural products
are named as necessary to the success OF
a new State, but soap, which seldom
finds place among them, is practically
the most important. A people that has
plenty Of soap and uses it is sure to sue
coed. People who apply soap externally
seldom crave alcoholic stimulants. Soap,
properly diluted with water and placed
where it will do the most good, is almost a
spsciic for l~aziness. Ii soap had been
abundant III New England in the sew
enteeuth century there would have been
no Quaker vasaries or witcherait horrors.
for disordered minds are seldom found in
sound bodies. Had CALIFORNIA; soap
been discovered a few years earlier and
its output properly distributed there
would have been no sandlot 'ldlocIes,
for men who wash themselves thoroughly
and wear clean clothes, however ragged,
never. become socialists or hatefs OF
other classes. But it Is not fair that
California should ~monopolize the natural
production of soap. Ii the earth can
yield a cleansing element anywhere above
the bottomless pit there should be some
lively prospecting at once in the cellars
OF Tammany Hall aad the City Hall, and
beneath the rooms Of the Coinage and
Ways and Means Committees at Wash.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-21
Bill Nye Going East,

Bill Nye, Of the Laramie Boomerang,
is going to make a trip to New York in a
few weeks and the Yankees will then be
afforded an opportunity Of seeing what
manner of a man the justly-famed humor-
list OF the plains is. They will find him,
says the Denver Tribune, a tall, we'll
shaped fellow, about 3S years Of age, with
regular features, a close-cropped, brown
beard; sharp, brown eyesl a fine forehead,
and a bald head with a fringe Of brown
hair. He dresses simple and in good taste.
It is only occasionally that his humor
crops u in conversation and his manners
are otherwise mild. He appreciates a good
story. e well-inade cocktail, q mild cigar
aud plug tobacco.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-21
AMERICANS IN MEXICO.

The influx OF Americans into the land
of the Aztecs is beginning to tell. Sew
eral corporation ~''organs" have been es'
tablished there; syndicates for exploita'
tions Of various schemes are organized
every day; the dockets OF the courts art
being filed with the papers in mining
suits. and the journals Of the City Of
Mexico are complaining of the existing
plan of giving each block Of houses s. diff
ferent name, and are clamoring for the
naming OF the streets and the systematic
numbering OF the houses.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-21

the Mississippi the damage cannot be
below a half or three.quarters of a million.
Inc lumber interests will be the chief
losers. Considerable damage has already
resulted to the bridges.
Sentenced to Hard Labor.
JERSEY Cry, Feb. 19.--Gafrett S.
Boyce, Edward Shaw and John N. Beach,
~defaulting officers of the defunct City
Bank, to-day pleaded guilty. They were
sentenced to hard labor in the State
frison as follows: Boyce, 10 years; Beach,
4 years; Shaw, 6 years.
Hung by ~ Posse Of Citizens.
IILLERsBURG, Feb. 20.-A negro named
Williams was hung by a posse of citizens
about dusk last evening. He had outraged
Mrs. Taylor in her own house'and escaped,
but was found in the woods by citizens,
who left him hanging near the scene of his
crime.
The Colorado Bonanza King.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-Senator-elect Thos.
NJ. Bowen Of Colorado, the Southwestern
Colorado bonanza king, is here, en- route
to Washington. He says that silver won't
be demonetized yet, nor coinage stopped.
Death of Ann Gerry.
New HAVEN, Con-, Feb. 19.-Ann Ger
ry, the daughter of Eldridge Gerry, a
signer of the Declaration of Independence,
died Saturday, aged 81 years.
Ross the Winner.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. 19.-The
wrestling match between Ross and Bauer
was won by Ross. Bauer's arm was
disabled in the second round.
Trouble with COnvicfs.
SING SING, N. Y, Feb. 20.-Eighty men
in the shoeshop refused to work, and were
locked up yesterday. There is still more
trouble anticipated.
Ballot for Senator.
DETROIT, Feb. 20.-Second ballot: New
ton As, Burroughs 10, Palmer IS, Willetts
IS, Ferry -, scattering 20.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-21
PAPER RAILROAD TRACKS.

Steel manufacturers are anXIousiy
awaiting the result of a trial of paper
rails to be made on a prominent
Western road. Car wheels Of this mate
rial have long been in nse and are re-
ported to give satisfaction. The rails
are said to be made wholly Of paper
pulp subjected to a pressure which rem
ders it solid as metal. 1t is claimed that
the paper rails are not affected by atmos.
pheric changes, that they are more dura'
BILE than steel and that they can be
manufactured at one-third less cost than
those OF steel.
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OVER THE WATER.
Collision of ocean Steamers-The
French Flag Flying ON the North.
west Coast.

ESPECIAL To THE s~ENT1NEL.I
LONDON, Feb. 20.-The Allan Liue
steamer Buenos Ayres, in a collision, sunk
the steamer Lamash Of Scotland. Eleven
of the crew Of the latter steamer were
drowned.
MARsEILLEs, Feb. 20.-By the latest
mail from Madagascar it is learned that
the French flag is dying on the northwest
coast. Owing to the fact that ~the-natives
are very much irritated, the Prime Minis
ter begged the foreign residents of Tama-
tame not to venture into the interior. War
like preparations are proceeding at Tama-
tame.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-21

We have received an early Spring poem
from Phoebe, Nevada. says the Salt Lake
Tribune, covering q pages Of foolscap,
which might have been prolonged to so if
the frosts OF a severe Winter had not inter.
rupted. The author thus closesI
"Now, If you fire this from the press,
Pleas shute, a copy to my address,"
1t has been duly fired, and will reach
him in the next mail.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-21

orders to buyer sell come streaming in
on us from the Capitol, from Senators,
members of committees, clerks, lobbyists
and correspondents who have been on the
ground floor"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-21

A ~well-known Washington broker said
in IN interview Il can always tell
when anything has been done in COM
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Notice to Miners. i.

THE RUBY HILL TUNNEL AND MINING
l. COMPANY will let to the best bidder any
one of its mines for a term not exceeding six
months. The contractors are to furnish every
thing. The corporation will not be response
BILE for any debts or other acts of the contract
ors.
Bids will be received until Wednesday, the
2ist inst at 10 o'clock II. Tit Trustees re-.
serve the right to reject any and all proposals.
J. e JONES, Secretary.
Eureka, Feb. 10, 1883. fe20td
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NOTICED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I
~ forbid any one TO give credit to my law
tnl wire, because she has left my bed and
board without any cause.
fe15h WILLIAM BCHEER,
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Furnished House

A HOUSE OF FIVE ROOMS, WELL ksA
"a furnished. on edwards street, next .lEi
door TO the Presbyterian Church. For parfic.
u!ars, apply at this office or to
ja2ltf MRS. j. sTRAUs
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-21

BRAIDwooD, Feb. 2o.-six new names
are added to the list Of those killed in the
Diamond mine disaster, making SO In all.
1t is feared that the number may yet
reach 100. The new names are: Lewis
Williamson, who leaves 5 wife and six
children; Samuel Linguistic. who leaves
q wife and four children il Germany;
John Dowins, siagle; Abe Incoming,
relatives unknown; Louis Starbaok, fam
lily, and John Jelif. These names were
learned through kilograms and through
n - F
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Beyond the Mountains.

Beyond the mountains-ahl beyond
How iair infancy CLEANS
The valley with its spreading fields,
The CLINT of winding streams!
Beyond the purple mountains hight
Stray all our happy dreams.
We sit beneath the moaning pine,
BY waves that pass our door;
We say, this scene is fair, and yet
We sigh for something more;
And long to pass with eager feet
The far-off mountains Ger.
AT eve the night bird family sings,
In murmurs sweet and low;
The new moon s slender crescent gives
The sky tender glow.
How fair the stars, how warm the wind,
How soft the rivers flow
But there, where longing fancy flies,
And wayward hearts still turn,
A deeper music charms the soul,
The red stars brighter burn;
And laughing streams 80 leaping down
From hooks o'erhnng with fern.
When heavy clouds above US roll,
Blue skies are over there;
When storm-winds fret around our caves
There zephyrs whisper fair.
Beyond the mountains-ahl beyond
Love fills the sunny air.
-Orer{dnd .Honthfy
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Snakes or Cows.

Two young women, college grad
yates, and trained to quiet manners,
may be walking in a country wood.
Both know from their reading Of ma
tural history that there exists no VEN
omous serpents in all that region; yet
when little harmless reptile glides
away from before their path, only one
OF ttheyoung women will retain any self
possession. The other will stand still
and scream with horror, and 90 home
forthwith, and be unnerved for the
rest of the day, and very likely the one
who is not afraid of the snake will
franticaily climb over a fence when
She meets a placid COW in country
jane-BoStoR Courier.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-07-27

friends arm, "who is that in your back
garden gathering peas. you know?
For as true as you live and breathe
Farmer Ponds Bowse has trampled
her to death by this time"
That Oh, that's my wire dummy,
as had when l worked at the dress
makin' trade just dressed it up in
some Of my old clothes, as kind of a
scarecrow-like, to keep the pigeons
from stealing the green peas right out
Of my pods. They're the sauciest
creatures in all the world. Why, you
didn't never take it for a live person,
did you?"
And everybody laughed in chorus.
the more heartily as their folly became
apparent to them
Il declare to goodness l was clean
out of my latitude and longitude.'
said the sea-captain, with chuckle.
Appearances are deceitful,' said
mild Mr.. Sweetlands. rubbing his
hands.
"I won't never believe my own eyes
ag'inr shouted the squire.
And then they all three went to
drive the belligerent Bowse out Of Miss
Briggs vegetable garden, and to patch
up the defective pickets in the fence.
and Miss Betsey herself sat down to
drink comfortable cup of tea with
Mrs. Packenham.
"For I'm sure l need one, after all
I've been through said the squire's
wife.
"Well, I declare" said sympathetic
Miss Betsey, 1T must ha' been a trial.
| won't never put that dummy out
agin SotiUdoy Night