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TIC the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
The letter Of General ID. c. Gordon. Of the
Confederate army, TO General w. W.. Belknap.
Published in your issue of January TO- remind
I'd me Of that memorable 22d OF July. 1864. the
Gay OF the capture OF the 10th Iowa infantry.
Tx came about in this way: On the morning of
the 22d the 10th was ordered TO take position
ab0ut three hundred yards in front of the bri-
Eade and throw up works for protection. Our
brigade ttrockeFsj position was on the extreme
left OF the 18th corps, the left resting on the
banks Of q ravine that divided the 18th corps
fI0m the 18th, which was formed in line on the
opposite side Of the ravine, the 10th corps fac
ing southwest and the 18th corps southeast.
This left the two CORPS In the shape Of the let
Ter \, with the 18th Iowa infantry unprotected
on both tanks After we had finished our
works, took position i'm q peach tree some fifty
yards I'D front OF the works on the picket-line.
70 satisfy my curiosity in regard 70 what the
Juhnnies were doing, as they seemed to be un-
usually quiet all along the line. 1t was enc OF
those awful ellences that precedes a storm
From nay elevated position could see Hoods
forces marching out OF their works TO our left.
Az was grand display of the rebel host as they
fled into an open field about quarter of a mile
1n front Of our picket-line, and there seemed to
DC no end 10 the line of the enemy, as regiment
after regiment and battery after battery filed
Through The opening. However, this awful
silence was broken about o'clock. The rebel
General ClebuFBe massed his division in the
open space in front Of our works, and on they
came Like an avalanche, thinking to deFour the
10Th corps as one gulp; but they took bigger
Mouthfnl than they could swallow, and they
met with repElse. Some Of their advance did
gain our works ia the Isrst assault, but were
taken prisoners and sent 10 the rear. Nothing
dauHted they came again and met with the
same reception but while we were contendine
40 stubbornly with the forces in our front. !
part Of Lleburne's forces commanded by Gen.
erai GOyan, had gained our rear by crawling
up the raYine on our left, which was so pro
tected by the banks and brush that we could
moi bring our guns 10 bear on them. The frs
1ntimation we had Of our situation was q de
mand 10 surrender from General Goran. There
was hurried consultation among the officer.
OF the regiment, and il was decided that We
would cut our way out and we were formed in
line for the struggle; but on closer inspection o.
the situation it was decided that the movement
could not be successfully accomplished, and tn,
regiment was surrendered. This ended my
services in the field The balance Of nay tim,
was filled &C Andersonyille, under the super
vision OF Captain Wirz, OF accursed memory.
AMOS SNIFF,
ELAEooD, EER. Sergeant, Co. f, 10th Iowa
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Tie sth New York Battery.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRTBuEE:
Can you inform me to what corps the 9Th
New York independent battery belonged dur
ing the years 1864 and 1865? think we were
not classed with any corps at the time. We
were stationed at headquarters at Portsmouth,
Va, doing section duty at Suffolk on the Black
Water. B. e. WAFFLE,
9th n. Y. Battery.
los CoMMERcrAL ST., ST. PAUL, MINI.
THE 9Th New York battery, in January,
February and March, 1864, was at Gloucester
Point, Va, in Department of Virginia and
North Carolina; to jane 1866, at Portsmouth,
Va; from April, 1864, to January, 1865, in De-
partment of Virginia and North Carolina, Dis
trict OF Eastern Virginia, and to june, 1865, in
Department of Virginia, District of Eastera
Virginia.-ED.
The National tribune., 1884-03-27
reat the commotion In Richmond

Great the commotion in Richmond
+" In the presidents mansion" writes Pollard,
the Southern historian, all was CONSERVATION
and dismay.n
Jefferson Davis niece wrote a letter to a
friend, but the mailbag was captured thus
read the letter: General Johnston is falling
back from the Peninsula, and Uncle JEFF thinks
we had better 90 to a safer place than Rich
mOnd. He is miserable. He tries to be cheer
full and bear up against such continuation OF
troubles; bat, alb fear he cannot live long il
he docs not get some rest and quiet.n
The Confederate congress adjourned hastily
great many people left the city. The public
documents were put in boxes and sent away
Mrs jefferson Davis took down her window
curtains, tore up the carpets packed the pic.
lures and left the city. The treasury depart
nent, printing notes which passed for money
removed its presses TO Georgia, and universal
gloom settled over the Confederate capital
To be continued
The National tribune., 1884-03-27

Arc being made in chronic diseases, such as
Consumption, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchitis,
etc, by Drs. Starkey d Palcn. lI09 Girard St,
Philadelphia, under the remarkable action OF
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ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
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United States, vino served fourteen 4) days or If in
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such VINO have not remarked are entitled pension
OF eigt dollars month Proof of loyalty is no longer
required in these claims.
Increase of pensions.-Pension laws are more ih
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higher rate than they receive. From ard after January
shal make no shares for my IL claims
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years, or ny reason of feenlissment. may have their
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hundred and sixty land IF already received
purchased for cash ut the highest market rate aud
assignments a perfected. Correspondence invited
lected. rfAy W.
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without the Through
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have been erroneous rejected Correspondence in such
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Afraid Of I'm.


from nae Haratlson Independently
"No," said Fitskins, a I don't think I shall
ever try to join the Masons. Its too danger
Gus
Dangerous Howfn
"0h, You see, we hear about so many muir
ners in the first. second and third degrees tina
4 don't dare TO try IT,"
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Several regiments joined the army on the march
TO Corinth increasing the effective force present
on the field, to 40.335. Colonel Hills Tennessee
regiment joined during the engagement on Sum
*Hindman commanded two brigades when the
troops aligned, leaving his brigade under
command OF Colonel Il. @. Shaver, 18th Arkansas
infantry.
ITO be conttn,ledl
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-12-04
THE VICTOR AND THE sPoILs.

There is one thing of which all re-
publicans are tenacious. A republican
holds on to office with tenacity that
knows no giving away. He has got
to be cut away to ever sever him from
place; the political knife has got to be
inserted between him and Office to
ever separate one and the other. Tex
ans had this propensity demonstrated
to them In 1874, when republicans re-
belled against a majority of a hundred
thousand votes, and declared the peo-
pie should not govern themselves, while
the shameful robbery of the presidency
in 1876 demonstrated it to the people
of the world. Blaine, it is said by his
own son, knew he was defeated the
night after the election. and yet after
that he telegraphed the republicans of
the country to claim everything. Evil
IDENTIFY it was his idea, that another
presidential robbery could be com.
mitted, but the determined attitude of
the New Workers. and the course of
the monitd men of the country,
stopped him in his vile pur-
poses, and right was triumphant.
Now that Blaine is dead
political duck, the republican duck
lings all over the country are
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-12-04
OF completed road:


Here we have, with twelve states,
during the last year, an increase of
3,155 miles in railways. The increase
last year in Texas does not keep pace
with the general result, but
this comes from the fact that
railway builders turned their
attention especially to Texas in tine
two previous years. OF the increas-
ing prosperity of the south, during
period of even great depression, there
can be no doubt. While railways have
been increased, and while assessed
values have been greatly enhanced, tax
rates have been generally reduced since
1880. 1t may be mentioned as noted
fact, that southern state enjoys the
distinction of having assessed no tax
es for one year. The tax rate of North
Carolina for last year is put down at
0, the people of that State, because
of surplus in the treasury, having en-
joyed entire immunity from taxation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-12-04
Grease Horses Heels.

This is the time of year when ex-
ceedingly good care should be taken
to prevent the heel of the horse from
cracking. Such condition is known
as scratches = properly, incipient
grease. At this season, when frostS
usually first appear, let any man or
woman notice the difference in the
feeling of the hands. See how rough
they are, and dry, in comparison with
other times of the year. This is
the result of the difference in
the temperature, which closes the
pores of the skin, stops the sensi-
ble perspiration, and thus rem
ders, the outer skin liable to become
dry and crack. All this can be COM
pletely prevented by just ordinary
care Keep the heels of the horse and
the hands from exposure while wet
and slightly feverish. Dry both with
out much rubbing, especially with a
rough cloth. Animal grease is object
ionable for several reasons-it quite
often acts like a poison to some horses
heels, and to some hands also. Horses
or persons with the faint even of
scrofula are the sufferers from salt
rheum and grease. These should be
careful, as while it is very easy
to keep off an attack, it is quite often
a serious matter to cure during
damp cold weather. When on stock
it has really taken place the best
remedy as prophylatic, i. e.. proven
tive, is equal parts of raw linsed oil
and cosmoline. To one pound of each
add two ounces of white lead or zinc.
This will take full half an hour to
thoroughly mix, which it must do to
do good. RIB well together with this,
Immediately after the hands or heels
are dried, anoint thoroughly and
gently, rub into all the creases. Sub
nitrate of bismuth will be better than
lead or zinc for persons, but it is too
expensive for the ordinary horse, as it
takes so much to effectively cover and
rub in,-National Stockman.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-12-04
a STATE REFORMATORY.

There can certainly be no objection
to the establishment of state reform
atory institution, where boy convicts
may be sent instead of to the peniten-
tiary. THE STATESMAN has for ysars
urged every legislature to provide
such an institution, but, like many
good and necessary things ale post
poned, this measure has failed to re-
ceive legislative approval. It was
urged by Gov. Roberts, then by Gov.
Ireland, without effect. The Nine
tenth legislature should take this
matter up in its first hours, and pro-
vide for the reformatory establish
ment. 1t ought to be Of no further
expense to the state than to inaugu-
rate it. The inmates could be
made to sustain the institution,
and even provide few dol
lars to send the ex-convicts out
into the world after their terms
had expired, to afford them the means
Of securing labor. An institution of
this sort ought to be under the man
agement of expert mechanics, capable
of learning the boys trades, and it
would be possible for the managers
to secure positions tor the boys when
leaving the institution. Application
for competent help could be filed at
the institution, and the young man
might in this way be sent out into
immediate active employment. In
truth, to carry out reformation more
completely, it might be provided. that
part of the reformatory term should
be subtracted, on condition that the
convict would agree to serve
on the outside as an apprentice for
certain period of time. Such pro-
vision in the statute, governing re-
formatory measures, would be wise,
humanitarian measure. It.would put
the boy Or the young man into the
laboring world among good associates
and real reformation would result in a
majority of cases so treated. TO make
Oll0 pIONlSlOuO VI ouCA O IhCdOltlO O1-
fective it would be necessary to hold
the subject liable to recommittal on
his failure to respect the liberty allow
ed him. The state would, of course,
see that moderate ways during the
term were secured, and it should
hold persons employing ap-
prentices to strict compli-
ance with requirements. A world
of good might III this way be done.
The state reformatory is a necessity,
and the legislature, soon TO assemble,
should do itself credit in its establish
ment. THE STATESMAN may have
presented novel method of treating
convicted youths. but 1t is ihumanita-
riat in It's nature and the only real
method-good association and honor
able labor-by which reformation
may be made really effective.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-12-04
Milk Fever in Cows.

From the London Livestock Journal.
DR.. Bridge, a weu-known PhiIadel-
phia veterinarian, gives the following
as a cure for milk fever in COWS:
lst. Place the COW in position on her
breast, tie a rope around the horns. ell
evate the head to natural height and
fasten the rope to the ceiling.
End. Give the following: Pulverized
lobella, 1.2 o.; pulverized gum CAM
phor, 3 drachms; pulverized Barbados
aloes, l o.; pulverized gentian, 9
drachms. Dissolve the camphor and
aloes in half an ounce of niJric ether.
This is to be made into a ball with
some meal, and then by hand placed
surely over the glotis or swallow.
Bird. Rub the back well every hour
with the following liniment: Equal
parts of turpentine, aqua ammonia,
sweet oil and water.
4th. Draw off the urine.
9th. Rake out the faces.
9th. Dash cold water in face fire.
quently,
7th. Keep the udder well MIXED
out.
Mr.. Harvey, breeder of Guernsey
cattle at West Grove, has tried
Bridges ball, and in some cases sue
cessfully. He, however, adds:
But far ahead of all these is pre-
vention." Just before the cow calves
a large portion of her blood
goes to nourish the fetus. When
the calf is born this connec-
ton is instantly broken and this
large flow of blood is thrown into
confusion and must find new chan
nels. Frequently the brain gets more
than its share and brings on this
dreaded and fatal ailment. The pre-
vention is to provide other channels,
or rather having them in operation
before this severance takes place. BY
keeping observance of the rigid cords
on each side of the tail we can know
when the COW is going TO calve, as
they begin to soften. Be sure to have
her bowels very loose, and let her have
short pasturage morning and night
We feed oil cake meal and messes of
cut-up potatoes and beets, plenty OF
salt and whatever will promote
looseness of the bowels; then there will
be no milk fever. A little while be-
fore the calf is born, / think it is q
help to start the cows milk. This
will make considerable demand for
blood, and keep it from the brain
The feed should be scant at this time
but 1 cannot see the propriety of con.
fining them to hay or straw, as that
would dispose to costiveness. The
bowels must be loose. If she goe:
down with costive bowels we will bt
pretty sure to loose her; neither dc
we want it flush. A pasture where
sheep have eaten close would do, Of
in a yard; feed sparingly of greer
food