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The National tribune., 1883-10-11
1st sergt., Co. G. 10th No. Inf.
0QUAwKA, Ill.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

In your issue of September Goth | am pleased
to see an article from Lieutenant Bartholomew,
late of company A, Fiity-ninth Indiana V. V.
l., in detenseaof the Sixth Wisconsin battery,
commanded by Captain Dillon. 1t was my
privilege to be a witness, also, to the move
ments of that battery at the battle of Corinth,
Miss. October 4, 1862 / was a private of COM
pany B, Fifty-ninth Indiana infantry, and our
company was next to that of Lieutenant Bar
tholomew, and consequently second on the
right of the regimental line. We were support
ing battery on that terrible day, and must
confess that /, too, was greatly surprised to see
it made the object of SANDER 1t was composed
of as good and brave set of men as ever
manned a battery. was but boy Of eighteen
years, but quite old enough to remember seeing
the changes of position taken by the Eleventh
Ohio and Sixth Wisconsin batteries during
that soul-stiTring day. ] should be pleased to
have Colonel Scotts views on the charge of
skedaddling. Colonel Alexander is dead or l
should invite him to take up the defense. /
believe in giving honor to whom honor is due
Z. b. RUsE,
Co. B, 59th Ind. Vols.
NEW CUMBERLAND. Ono
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the patients, good many abuses would be
discovered.
Such little evils could easily be remedied IL
some comrade of the G.. A. r. of standing and
influence would occasionally visit the hospital
and inquire personally of every patient how
he is treated by the attendants. Our officers
are very efficient, particularly our esteemed
chaplain, Rev. w. Earnshaw, but the boys are
afraid to speak to them because they are Off
GERS of the Home POToMAC.
SOLDIERS HOME. DAYTON. ONO.
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New CUMBERLAND, ONO.
WIIIlansport aad Roonsboro,.
Q the Editor NATIONAL TRreuNE:

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In THE TRIBUNE of July 18th there appeared
an extract from General Humphreys history
of the Army of the Potomac and being one of
the boys with the beloved Buford I would like
TO give my recollections of the engagements at
Williamsport and Boonsboro' on the 9th, 7th,
Sth and 9th of July, 1868. We had been at
Gettysburg on the Sd and turned back to Fred
eTick City on the 4th, and passed through the
city and camped south of it on that evening.
A spy named Richardson was hung there
not to sour-apple tree" bnt to a locust tree.
The next morning we were on the move-the
Second Fifth, and Sixth regiments of cavalry,
Sixth Pennsylvania cavalry, with Graham's
horse battery, and CO. K, First u. s. artillery.
We passed through Boonsboro', and rested at
the crossroads for an hour; then on to VIII
Transport, where, / think, we had one of the
hveIiest little slzirmishes Of the war. Our bat
terry lost nine men killed and wounded in less
than an hour and half The killed were
John King, Fred. Rinard, VIM. s. Worcester,
Charles I. French; wounded, Chris. Smith,
Daniel b. Evens, Stephen V. De Long, Mike
Colon, and Matt Dorherty. Lieutenant T. b.
Won Michaloski was nearly buried in the sand
thrown up by she'll striking on the bank.
We got out of position and returned TO the
cross roads, and, going to the left, struck the
Johnnies III narrow road, and l think we
were whipped, but don't want to own up Here
saw one Oh tne saddesb slgnLs OF Inc Waf--ten
non-cOmmissi0ned officers in one grave; one,
grim old sergeant, lying at the left of the
grave, with his quid of tobacco between his
teeth. On the next day we were in wheat
field with mud six inches deep, which proved
too much for our gum carriages; the recoil in
such soil strained and broke five out six axles
under the guns, and we were sent to Frederick
City for repairs. On reaching our old camp
south of the city we found the spy Richardson
under the tree where he had been hung Relic
hunters had stripped the tree of bark and the
dead man of his clothes. DAN tiooDwIN,
KINGSTON, n. ii. Battery K, 1st U. S. Art.
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BULL RUN.

The Official Roster Of HcDoweIFs Army at that
famous Battle.
In view of the approaching excursion to the
field of Bull Run, we print herewith, this week,
instead of our usual chronological table, (which,
IN our last issue, was given up to October I5,l
the following roster of the organization of the
Union army at the time of this battle, July q,
1861, Brigadier-GeBeral Irwin Mcdowell, COM
man(linG:
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He Had Thirty.One Uneles in the War.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
1 had twenty-eight uncles in the Union army
and three in therebel army. Those in the rebel
army were all killed, as well as two OF those in
the Union army, and another was starved to
death in Andersonville. The rest returned
home well. E. L. MCKINNEY.
LINEvLLLE, Iowa.
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NATIONAL WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY

soil on its summit In his death, the country
lost loyal statesman, a true patriot and an
exemplary soldier His memory will ever be
green in the hearts of those who love their
country's defenders, and who admire unselfish
devotion to principle and liberty.
I'll. ID. 0'BRIEN,
Late Major, First Aiinn. Vols.
EAST ST LOUIS, Ill.
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DAWN, Mo.
Another Defender of the Sixth Wisconsin Battery.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
indorse fully the defense made by Comrade
Bartholomew, late of the Fifty-ninth Indiana,
regarding the foul SANDER cast upon Captain
Dillon and the Sixth Wisconsin battery, by as
serting that they szedaddled at Corinth, Miss.
l know from frequent expressions among the
boys of the Second brigade, Third division,
Fifteenth Army Corps, that they congratulated
themselves upon having battery with them
that never failed TO make its mark, and the
utmost good feeling for the commander and
the men belonging to the same existed to our
muster out. There is nothing that will ronse
the ire of a soldier quicker than to see boys
maligned who have by their good, soldierly
qualities endeared themselves TO the boys with
whom they served, and I suggest that CORE
spondents be more circumspect, keeping their
thinking caps properly adjusted, and not go
into a controversy helter-skelter without some
foundation to rest upon. / would like to hear
from others who partook in the festivities of
October Sd and 4th, 1862, under old Rosy.
G. +. w. FRoEHLIcH.
1st Sergt., Co. 6, 10th No. Inf Vols.
0OuAwEk TrI
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than any other thing I ever saw. They
threw away their guns, knapsacks, hav-
ersacks, cartridge-boxes, and, in many in
stances, hats, caps and coats. After the skir-
mish ! walked out over the battlefield, and
/ can safely say that anywhere north and west
of the west front, man could have walked
from thirty to two hundred yards, had he felt
so inclined, without stepping off from the
bodies of the dead and wounded rebels. We
captured more than twice our number at the
commencement of the skirmish. Will some
historian give US the honor OF fighting battle
at Allatoona Pass?
Yours, in F., c. and L.,
L. K. COLLINS,
MAcosIB, Ill. Co. I. 50th Ill. V. V. L.
THE record of events in the October return
of the First DIVISION Fifteenth Army Corps,
places the effective strength of the Third bri-
gade engaged in the battle at Atlanta at l, 100,
and places the casualties at 467.-ED
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To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In yonr issue Of August 39th Comrade Benz.
i. Heckeg1, Co. x, Sixteenth o. Y. l.. in an
article on Cumberland Gap aud the TazewelI
raid, says: " Our command held its ground
until the middle Of the afternoon, when the
enemy An entire division Of the rebel General
Kirby Smiths command charged cur position
from the woods in which they lay masked,
and drove as back to a RANGE Of hills On the
west and north of Tazcwcll The battery with
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Corporal, Co. d, 18th Regt, Mass. Vols
WORCESTER, MASS.
NEITHER BAKER NOR STONE TO BLAME.
To the Editor NATIONAL. TRIBUNE:


NEITHER BAKER NOR STONE TO BLAME
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
The extract from General Gordons book,
published in THE TRIBUNE some time ago, in
which Colonel Baker was spoken of as q man
whose selfish ambition led him to make the at
tack on the Confederates as Balls Bluff, contains
an unjust charge against as gallant a soldier rs
eyer drew q sword in defense of his country.
Colonel Baker is dead, but the living, who are
familiar with the history of that battle, should
defend his memory. 1t is quite safe TO say
shat no man possessed Of ordinary intelligence,
who knew the nature OF the position and the
difficulties to be overcome, would have Sc
rionsly considered the possibility of the sue
cess of such an undertaking. The order for
the movement at that point, by way of Harri-
sons Island, must have come from some one in
authority not familiar with the surroundings.
General Stone was imprisoned and charged
with the responsibility of the blunder, but no
soldier who ever served under him ever be-
Heyed anything of the kind. and it is certain
from the action of the authorities at Washing
ton. IN diseharging him without trial, that
he was not to blame for an exhibition of colos-
sal stupidity that was not equalled during the
war. Baker and Stone were acting under or
ders from their superiors. They knew that
the duty OF soldier was to obey orders and
make complaints afterwards.
Colonel Bakers civil and military life was
OF such character as to stamp the assertion
that he was vain aud of1ieous, as an outrageous
faisehood. lie was u modest, unassuming hero.
Leading forlorn hope, he assembled the steep
and rugged biud and his blood moistened the
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A Compact History of The slst Indiana Volunteers.
To the Editor NATIosysL. TRIBUNE.

was member of the Eighty-frst Indiana
volunteers The regiment was organized and
mustered into service in August, 1862, at New
Albany, Ind, aud was at once sent to Louis
vile, KY, where we remained until October
lst, when we marched to Perryville. but did
remained until the 955h of December. We
participated in the fight at Murireesboro',
Tenn, December 81, 1852, aud january l and
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To the Editor NATIONAL tribune:

"How should G. A R. badges be worn2"
can be answered by all comrades who viii take
the trouble to get copy of the Rules and Reg
ulations and read carefully also, remarks of
Comrades Fry and Trip on the subject, and
we trust their recommendations VIII DO OBJ
served; but vanity is human fault, and per-
haps beyond mortal correction.
THos. J. CoyELL, A. d. G.
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The First Wisconsin, Batiery al Tazeuell.

"a Lieut., 9Th Ind. Ohio Cav. Vol. Co.
HIGGEEsI0DT, OHIO.
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/ STRIKE EyTRIORDLylPT

poor hardworking labOrer who barely manages
TO keep the wolf from his door, has Just struck.
Ills name Is The N1c. York Hcrdid.
lilo strikes with his lean fists, with n view to
bringing to terms certain boated boudholdors who
arc rolling IN wealth blazing In diamond pins,
raing in 80 per cent profits. and otherwI ao shame
fully conducting themselves.
Those hoartlcss bliOuuIres are Familiarity know n
as newsdealers.
They arc truly bad men. The very worst. II is
within bounds 20 name them human hOr,c-IccChos.
Each ono of them was born with several gold
spoons IN his month"; notifying fact for Ehe
spoons Perhaps they have neycrIn their bottomless
grccdinoss gone to tho ength of" drvouring widows
houses" like tho abandoned wretch mentioned in
the Scriptures. But they are bent upon u SIN
equally helnous. For they actually endoayoring
so tho poor laborcr complains TO devour his humble
rouf-that dI cary abode Of squalid poverty corner
of Broadway aud Ann st. The poor labOrer If
sincerely aitarhcd to this howell. 30 IT ever so
humble there's no place like tins corner" no croS,
with voice sunused with emotion, as no wipes
n tear from his emaCiated check.
And 40 it is clear why hc strikes. He IS deter
mined tnnt us home shall not pasS down the IN
satiabo NAV of the diimond-panoplied ncwsdrlor
That tho public sentiment Of the city VIII at once
proceed To upon its hu-leE3 and rally round the
labUTuT goes without saying. NCW-1 Orkerd know
what the tine lnwardness OF his grievance Is. They
are auuIo that each ono of these newsdoaors in tho
face of IN income so prnccly as In some instances
TO mount up to several doliWsa week, has the un-
spealabe oroutery to insist that ono third OF cent
is not a dizzy high profit to make on a news
paper and to soil the lHborers newspaper
Tor 3 cents instead OF p Our citizens further
rcalizc that rot content with porpetratng this cold
bloodsd outrage upon the paper pborer ut Broad
way aud Ann, these pursc-pIOud new sdeacrs do not
hesitate 10 throw back upon his thin hands pile
upon pile OF unSold papers until the aggregate looms
up ike shot-towcr, and he falls to singing IN his
sore distress the familiar hymn ginning:
Is tins KIND return
OF COURSE ;ho nswslcaors Will cndeayor to man
ufscturc sJne sympathy for themselves IN this
community. As lkoiy as not, thoy will claim thai
they are not rich that in fact they have no capital
to speak Of except honesty, industry ana persover.
aucs that III order to make both onds meoJ thsy
work hard all tho week and every week that while
onc-thTd of a cent may bo profit enough on u hand
bill, II is not living profit on newspaper, for
people unblest with tile knack Of existing without
living that Live and lot 1.-Two is good motto aud
the Golden Rule II good rule that they have aw avs
tried 10 DO we'll by the newspapers and think 1t
ONLY laIr that the newspapers shOnld try to DO we'll
by them that they not bent upon deyOuring tho
corner oil Broadway aud Ann-St., but insist, tho
contrary, that tho proprietor of that corner Is pur
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PERSONAL.

They say that Carlylcs ghost arraycd IN white
haunts Chelsea at the twilight hour, and recently
asked little girl for "a 'pcun'orth O. tobacco"
That Carlyle should walk after the manner in
which he has been treated by Mr.. Froude is thinks
The LoNdOn LchO not surprising; but it ght be
supposed that instead OF asking tor tobacco he
wUud have made grim demand 10. his bIographcr.
Mr. Edward Payson Weston. the father of long
distance pedestrlansm' ts about TO undertake a
remarkable feat in connection with the work OF the
Church of England Temperance Society, with
which he prominently connected. Ilo proposes
to travel over the highways Of England and Wales,
on foot and IN ordinary costume. fifty miles daily
for 100 consecutive days. Sundays excepted. Ho
will travel only during tie daytime, anil will lee
ture each evening Oh Tea versus Beer Ito will
be accompanied by two friends and Te pTesen awe
OF the press, III a carriage.
Senator Culom, Of Illinois, tells that when lie
first visited Westinghouse a newly elected Repre-
scntativc-he went one day to the White House.
with which he was entirely unfamiliar, hoping to
find there some one he knew. After unnecessarily
looking into several rooms, he opened q door, and
to his dismay found himself in the presence OF Pres
ldent Lincoln and his Cabinet He was young aud
green, and was overwhelmed with COntusonj but
the President instantly arose from his seat at the
head OF tho Cabinet table, called the young man by
name, shook his hand, and drew him into the room.
Seward" he said, turning to the Secretary OF
State "dO you remember my friend SO-and so, who
III the House from Illinois last session. Wei.
ho was beaten last fall fOr reelection and this is
the boy who did IT," LlnCOlus hearty way estab-
hshed CORDIAL relations at once, and the bashful
young Congressman never spent more delightful
half hour than that which followed Senator Gull
lon Is Wiser we'll as Older now. He has word
OF advice Tor young men. lie wants to warn them
to keep out of politics ll8 bad u small fortune
when ho went into politics. Now he has nothing
but his salary.
CHICAGO. Oct. 3.-JUhn c. Now, Assistant Sec.
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cONNECTLcrT LrAICE.


Our ncighbor State oyog the border, ConneC-
ticut is fast getting a reputation for the mis-
carriage of justice and furnishing impmily to
crime as pronounced ns that Of our nciglbor on
the other border, New-Jerscy, for the swift
administration of justice and the certain pun
isIimcnt of crime. Possibly there may De cIaS-
geratlon Of the facts ana illogical differences in
both cases The press and the public are not
always patient In the examination of details or
di.pa.siOuatc in their judgment Of facts and
testimony. II is not safe always TO conclude
that there has been miscarriage of justice or
that a criminal has been granted IMMUNITY
because, rs in a fcw noted cases recently tried
in Connecticut, long and tedious examinations
have failed 10 convict suspected persons or dis
cover the real criminal. No more is it certain
that rhc law Is always yindiCatcd and Justice
done by hurrying through the forms Of ill and
railIOading accused persons TO the pcn!icntiary
OF the galluWs. 1t IS well to remember that II
mistakes are made, as they must be willie
Judges arc fallLlo and juries human, it is better
that they DO of the kind that let the guilty
escape rather than those by which the Innocent
are mado to suffer. There is very old and
wcll-cstablishcd maxim OF law to that effect,
az" 80 '"'"" a. ~ 30 WV ""'" vi" "N'7'
,I''ry OF property o' me" arc ~ stake II IS
h',".F PoS'ioio 10 cA''o'S' %" great care IN
"eIE".nE "'"'"On' o' 700 great uc"'c'"'oh
}" mecluii'E upo" VIC LAWS,
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GENERAL NOTES.

Much interest Is felt By bicyclists through.
out the country in the coming meet at NewHayen.
Conn, on October 10. About 500 wheemen exA
peoted to be present
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
OF the State of NewYOrk which held ts annual
ton In Poughkeepss last week. resolved TO petition the
next Legislature require every sch DOL supported ~
public money instruction In physiology and hygens.
with special reference the effects Of alcoholic stim-
ulants and narcotics upon the human system This s
part OF so-called national plan which the Union viii
year and in accordance with which the passage OF
similar law has already been secured In Vermont Mch-
gan and ow-Hampshlre.
The German press describes O project foe
establishing cooperative union to supply officers Of
the German army and navy and their families with al
the physical requirements and uxuries Of e The head
quarters and supply depos Of the union will be In Ber-
lln where 1t proposed also TO build clubhouse and
lodging house for visiting officers. Tho taking OF
share, costing ten marks t$2 5O) payable in install
ments will entte to membership The project Is said
have the cordial approval OF the Emperor and there
is every TO suppose that VIII DC successfully
carried out.
The only practicable instrument for the
relief of the deaf which been introduced In recent
years is the audphone Several improvements have been
made IN It Of late rendering 1t seryceabe and less
conspicuous Many, however find 1t tedious to hold tho
audphone to the teeth for length Of time on aocoune
OF the short handle. To overcome this diiculU 10 mas
been suggested the handle be heightened so thatths
hand could rest in the lap the forearm on the arm OF
chair The frightening Of the handle would probably
add to the inconvenience Of carrying the instrument be
this could be ObVated by Jointing 1t IKE the handle OF
iadys parasoL with a ring to hold It firmly when In
The heirs of Governor Bradford, whose hopes
Of recovering from the Bank Of England the snug little
sum of 500 900 have been rudey dspeled oy Cons
.General Merritt have the opportunity OK
Laughing in turn at tue descendants OF LORD John Annan
of scotland who fed to this country early in the cen.
tury leaving behind him an estate which is now valued
at $40 600 600 not to mention $12OoOoOo In the Bank
of England Thus far the only individual who has
pronted by Lord Johns eccentricty is Abraham POme
Snn Of PniadsDhla, who has collected ana agfeeaOY
spent about 5000 in his capacity US attorney ior ht
heirs lie Is now IN Scotland for tue tenth Time on tAh
alluring business
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that Connecticut is any worse than other States
or that her people are shown by them 70 DC
peculiarly prone to commit murder or to In
duIge the criminal propensities which lead TO H.
In the Stratford case there is reasonable COM
plaint of the methods of some of the detectives
and perhaps Of the loose manner OF conducting
the Inquest. But nothing in this OF either Oh
the other cases referred to warrants any strlc-
lures upon the administration of justice IN
Connecticut or any imputation upon the skill
or ability of the officials engaged in the in'estl-
CATION. The complaint of Connecticut citi-
gems that the newspapers are fastening upon
the State reputation which she does not de-
serYe seems to ms we'll founded.
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TIE NEH,S THIS MORNING..

FORIIGY.-The King and Queen OF Soain were
rbeered yesterday by crowds in Madrid -
ODOnncll has directed tie disbursement OF $1,000
raised by subscription In New-YOrk. - co.
Rnton Cabinet has been formed 10 ServIa -
proposition to exhume the remains Of Shakespeare
has been defeated by the Council of&tratfordsupon-
Avon. - The Pope is reported to be seriously i'll.
DOMESTIC. The loss by the burning OF the Pitts.
burg Exposition Building and contents is estimated
at $1,000 900. - The General Convention Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church was opened in
Philadelphia. - The Lumber Manufacturers
Association decided 20 curtal the cutting OF um-
Der - Edward NJ. Graves has been appointed
Assistant Acknowledgement Of Connecticut GO
Kinda Rose beat the threoyear-Old record at Guar
Ter OAK Park trotting mile III 2:2O.
CITY AND SUBURRAN.-Burglsrs broke into
house at Netherwood.. IN J.. Tuesday night they
were shot at By tho occupant aud set the house on
FIRE 60 MOnsiguor Capcl lec!ured IN Brooklyn
last evening on "Couverters and Conversion"
- Mayor Low announced that be would accept
denomination as a citizens candidate. 49, The
BALE of for the Irving performances was large.
- The Bridge cars ran smoothly all day. -
Two meetings of newsdealcrs were held. ===. The
Ancient and Honorable Artillery paraded. - The
American Institute Fair was opened. - The
tina of Chisholm for numbering his wife was begun
In Newark. =-z The Mctropolitans beat the Prov
idence a!ne at baseball == Gold value Of the
lcga-icuaer silver dollar 4I212 rrains So as cents.
- Stocks were active and declining and closed
weak.
The WEATHER-TRIB local observations in
dictate cooler. clear or ialr weather. Temperature
yesterday: Highest So lowest, 5O', average, JG9,