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New-York tribune., 1884-01-13

The failure OF the New York and New England Railroad
suggests Mr. James H. Wilson. its late president. who IS
III do not mistake, the gentleman who captured
Jei Davis in the southern part OF Georgia. Sometimes It
Is easy mistake personality IN name, but THINK
there little doubt that General Wilson is the same per
son He is native OF Illinois, went 10 West Point ana
was put In the engineer corps the year before the re-
beon and General Horace Porter were together az
the capture Of Fort Pulaski, below Savannah and u ls
somewhat singular that almost the same day when .s
nazes the completion OF General Porters railroad TO
Rnnoo shoud bring the news OF the relapse Of the New
York and New England Railroad not through any imper
fecon Of management but from its disabilities In the
WAY OF cost and hardness in inception Vanderbilt
seized access TO SewYork Island before he died. and
while the Boston. Hartford and Erie Railroad was strus
Cling with dob fraud and the huge obstacles Of nature,
Witch latter are seen IN their greatness New
England. and especially in Western Connecticut. The
route from New Buffalo follows the course Of the
rivers from EewYoTk to Boston the route erosses the
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13

Tie order OF time must be recognized in business as
well as In aristocraoy The NewYOrk and Harlem Rail-
road was the wedge by which both the Eew-York Central
and the NewIaven railroads forced their way down the
island OF New-York. and the Harlem far the
Tombs Prison When the Ncv-York and Harlem
started thought he the great ne OF the metrop
oils striking In direction Albany, and giving
TO the Boston highways The city then far down
town and where the Tomhs Prison stands and the old
Harlem Railroad station lifts its grmy head far
ont as Twenty-sxtl-st. became IN after years when
station was advanced thither But charters live their
full lives out and 10 this day the laden trains
running down Fourth-ave nearly 20 the Brooklyn
Bridge and street-car passengers paying tolls TO the
Harlem Railroad while meantime great depot has been
built al Forty-second-st which Is the funnel for
nearly everything the north Of this island, and ts
builder succeeded In getting further rights Of under
the ground and the aid OF the city 10 build them until
property interest supreme in vantage this island
"a three centuries ago would have beenthe castle OF some
great feudal family overung this town with Its secret
and sunken ways OF egress Tunnel enterprises under
the Hudson River have up TO this time been chiefly
perlmena but by controlling the valleys Of the Bronx
and Harlem rivers and the water sides Of both the Hud
son and the East rivers the transportation power
sembled OF the Grand Central Depot possesses more
wealth than any assembage OF interests the island
Science and capital may outwt this power yet and bring
upon this island the cargoes which piled on tho
further side OF the Hudson.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13

that Mr Albert lamar has been succeeded in The
Macon tGa Telegraph 10y Mr.. T. Alexander The latter
the most popular of the Southern Correspondents
during the war and after its termination he became
the secretary aud adviser OF Governor smith, who sue
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13

The Havcmeyers considered to be the most power
ful factors sugar I'm America, II not in the world
through their possession OF secrets in both chemicals and
machinery which enable them TO prepare the sugar at
less expense and perhaps better than anybody In the
world. Here Is another family OF plain Germans which
by thorough training and apprenticeship has become
eminent In all departments OF this city, ruling 1t through
the Mayors Office and purging It Of the abuses which
cropt in under Tweed. Another German family here
which has ruled nelghborng city and achieved large
private fortunes is the Kabheisches, originated in
Holland though the present generation were born In
Connecticut Mr. Daniel ConOver, the magnate OF the
cross-own r1roads is the uncle of Mrs Kalbheisch.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13

tobacco IN this city tells me that the usually
splendid tobacco crop Of Wisconsin mas frosted by tho
short last year. and only about 10 900
saved which 1000 housed nc Stoughton ia
the warehouse OF Ncw-YOrk cisar-nakng firm. Por-
tons of the Pennsylvania tobacco seemed to mildcw
when suspended those parts which rested upon the
beams of wood We export cigars and tobacco from
New-York TO Tahiti, through San Francisco
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13

The New-York and NewEnsland Railroad might have
paid It's fixed charges and kent ont Of receivers hands
had the rates OF freight received been consistent with
the amount Il carried. The Pennsylvania Railroad gave
II very Large portion OF its Boston traffic. but the New
England haul being very short compared TO the long haul
from the West fraction the young road received
too little In the aggregate to meet the Interest, taxes,
etc.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13

Twas speaking 10 Mr.. COnOvcr few weeks ago about
the convenience II not necessity Of more cross-town
lines. present railway crosses the city between
Twenty y-thlrl-st and Ftynnth st except the Thirty
fourhst line which does not come right across town
but dribbles its way toward Brooklyn through many
streets; from Broadway and Thirty-fourth-st very
short link would connect this railroad with the Fourth
ave line TO the Hunters Point Ferry There is way
to get Hunters Point Ferry but 10 down TO
Twenty-third-st ST and go back eleven blocks. Mr. Con-
sad think great abuse in this city the exist
ence OF number OF courts, substantially the same in
mri sdicon. under the disguise Of number OF names
The Superior Court the Supreme Court and the Court OF
Common Pleas hardly differ at all. Consequently there
litigation after the substantial points at Issue
have been decided. Some time ago went through the
steps to q railroad across the city at Forty
secondet who did not object TO the railroad,
but wanted hand in iJs ownership, began tga-
tion kept year in court. The case was de-
cided in my favor and then landed at the rverends all
my material TO build the railroad without delay Going
into court Of another grade but under another name,
an Injunction gotten out and had TO take away my
material and stay another I'm the courts and now
am told that they threaten with third court under
still different name" What Is your solution !" said
That ali these courts ought to be called by the same
name and the action of of them be conclusive"
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13

In 1880, when Mr.. Paynes friends believed that be
ought 10 have the Presidential nomination and could
carry Ohio Mr. Peudeton thrust the claims OF Senator
Thurman forward although at that time the Payne fal
interest had accumulated IN the Southern States in New
York and elsewhere "A considerable Payne support.
John Mclean liked PendetOn. and he united with
tho Payne interest, reservng TO himself the work OF
carrying the metropolitan county OF Hamilton at hs
expense while the Payncs able 10 take Of the
important county OF Cuyahoga lCeyeland). and the
chairman OF tho State Committee, Dave Paige, has
been Payne for many years. PeDdeton has posed
as rather norvy politician but the sequel shows that he
did not know the ground he was standing OH.
The National tribune., 1884-05-08
Decoration Day.

The muffied drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo;
No more on lifes parade shall meet
The brave but fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac Of the dead.
No rumor of the foes advance
Now sweeps upon the wind:
No troubled thoughts at midnight haunt,
OF loved ones left behind;
No vision of the morrow strife
The warriors dream alarms;
Nor braying horn. nor screaming fife
At dawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust,
Their pIunled heads are bowed
Their naughty banner trailcd III dust
Is now their martial sliroud,
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow,
And the proud forms by battle gashed
Are freed from anguish now.
Now, meath their parent turf they rest,
Far from the cory field,
Borne to Spartan mothers breast
On many a bloody shield;
The sunshine of their native sky
Smiles sadly on them here,
And hundred eyes and hearts watch by
The soldiers sepulcher.
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead,
Dear as the blood ye gavei
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The heritage of your grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
Or honor points the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps.
Won faithful herald's blazoned stone
With mournful pride shall tell
When many vanished age hath flown,
The story how we fell
Nor wreck. nor change, nor winters flight,
Nor times remorselcss doom
Shall mar one ray of giory's light
That guilds your deathless tomb.
The National tribune., 1884-05-08
How Sleep the Brave.

How sleep the brave who sink to rest
BY all their country's wishes blessedI
When Spring. with dewy fingers cold.
Returns to deck their hallowed mould,
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
BY fairy hands their knell is rung,
BY forms unseen their dirge is sung;
There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf that wraps their clay;
And Freedom shall awhile repair,
To dwell weeping hermit there!
The National tribune., 1884-05-08

tween our friends who fought against US tour
fellow-citizens now and our own selves do we
perpetuate the memory of our fallen comrades.
None can do more, none are doing more than
those who fought for the Union, to bring about
a true union of hearts and union of hands
between the North and the South.
But these heroes of the lost cause do not ask
US 10 take back a single word of that infallibly
true sentence, Slavery is sectional; freedom is
national" They know that a childs hand
could sooner pluck up Lookout Mountain by
its rocky roots or dry up the Mississippi with
its iniantile breath, than for us to change the
irreversble verdict of mankind, The war Tor
the Union was forever right, and the rebellion
forever wrong" 1t was the old Jewish legend
that Nimrod, the mighty hunter, took the pa
triarch, Abraham, and east him into furnace
of fire. But 10! lis flames turned all to loses,
and the father of the faithful lay down on
bed of flowers. The fierce fires of atfiiction
have been already turned into flowers of peace
and memory, and joy and hope The rain
which descends upon the swelling turf above
our dead is not the iron rain of death, falling
amid the crash of destruction and the thunder
OF battle, but the rain that brings from the
bosom of the earth her fairest floral gifts, with
which we decorate their sacred graves.
] found in one refined, Christian country
home the old blue overcoat forming the chief
stripe in the carpet on the fioor-a grand color
for loyal people to stand on as well as to stand
under, to have beneath as well as around. But
with no wearing away Of the outer vesture of
loyalty viii the inner spirit decay.
From the torn hem and Jagged fiber of every
tattered and begrimed flag virtue drops
Every remembrance of these patriotic dead Is
an arsenal; every cemetery is fort. Like the
chariots of fire and the horses of fire about
that ancient mount are these invisible, but liv-
ing and resistless, defenders around the noun
tain of our liberties. The dear form of Liberty,
with the wounds she may yet have to receive,
when asked the question, " What are these
wounds in thine hands?" shall never again
among us reply: These are they with which
was wounded in the house of my friends"
Her hands, her head, her heart, may bleed
again, but only when she leads a united people
at the command of the God of Freedom to the
immediate and universal emancipation of the
race.
A most memorable day in the meteorology of
the United States was recently noted by the
signal bureau at Washington. From all the
New England coast-no cloud from all the
Pacific shore-no cloud; from L0uisiana-no
cloud from Florida-no cloud: from South
Carolina-no cloud from all the lake coast-no
cloud; from northernmost Dakota-no cloud.
In all the vast ezpanse Of the SKY that bends
IN overarching splendor above our common
country, not one single cloud was to be seen.
God grant it may presage the day when from
the farthest East TO the remotest West from
the sunniest South to the sternest North, there
shall not gather one single cloud Of national
oiscord or State dissension on the face of the
Union sky.
The National tribune., 1884-05-08
Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

There has never been a medicine for rheu-
matism introduced in the United States that
has given such universal satisfaction as Du-
rang's Rheumatic Remedy. 1t stands out alone
as the one great remedy that actually cures
this dread disease. 1t is taken internally, and
never has and never can fail to cure the worst
case in the shortest time. 1t has the indorse-
ment and recommendation of many leading
physicians in this State and elsewhere 1t is
sold by every druggist at ST. Write for free 40
page pamphlet to r. X. HEIPHENsTINE,
Druggist, Washington, D. G.
The National tribune., 1884-05-08
but not with upbraiding.
M -..----.... 4 -. 4 49, -.
The Nations Dead.

Four hundred Thousand men
The brave, the good, the true
In tangled wood, in mountain glen,
On battle plain, in prison pen,
Lie dead for me and you
Four hundred thousand of the brave
Have made our ransomed soil their grave
For me and you.
Good friend. for me and you!
In many a fevered swamp,
BY many a black bayou,
In many cold and frozen camp,
The weary sentinel ceased his tramp,
And died for me and youl
From Western plain to ocean tide
Are stretched the graves of those who died
For me and you!
Good friend for me and you!
On many a bloody plain
Their ready swords they drew,
And poured their life blood like the rain,
A home, a heritage to gam
To gain for me and youl
Our brothers mustered by our side,
They marched, they fought, and brayely diet
For me and you!
Good friend, for me and youi
Up many fortress wall
They charged-those boys in blue;
mid surging smoke and yolley'd bail,
The braYeSt were the first to fall
TO fall for me and you!
The noble men-the Nations pride
Four hundred thousand men have died
For me and you!
Good friend, for and you!
In treason's prison-hold
Their martyr spirits grew
To stature like the saints of old,
And mid dark a9onieS untold,
They starved for me and you
The good the patient, and the tried,
-Four hundred thousand men have died
For me and you!
Good friend, for me and you!
A debt we ne'er can pay
To them is justly due,
And 10 the Nations latest day
Our children's children still shall say,
They died for me and you!n
Four hundred thousand of the brave
Made this, our ransoned soil, their grave
For me and you!
Good friend for me and you'll
The National tribune., 1884-05-08
The Blue and the GRAY.

BY the flow OF the inland river,
Whence the fleets of iron have fled,
Where the blades of graye-grass CULVER
Asleep are the ranks of the dead.
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day
Under the one the Blue,
Under the other the Cray.
These in the robings of glory,
Those in the gloom of defeat,
All, with the battle blood CORY,
In the dusk of eternity meet.
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the judgment day
Under the laurel the Blue,
Under the willow the Gray.
From the silence of sorrowful hours
The dcsolatc mourners 20,
Lovingly laden with flowers
Alike for the friend and the foe.
Under the sod and the dow
Waiting the judgment day
Under the roses the Blue,
Under the lilies the Gray.
So with m equal splendor
The morning sun-rays fall.
With touch impartially tender
On the blossoms blooming for all.
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the Judgment day
Broidercd with gold the Blue,
Mellowcd with gold tho Gray.
The National tribune., 1884-05-08
Sleep, Comrades, Sleep!

Sleep, comrades, sleep! The clinging rust
Lies thick upon the blade,
And valor is obscured by lust
OF money and of trade;
The fife is mute; no more the drum
The drowsy camp alarms;
The piping times of peace have come,
And Pleasure spreads her charms.
Sleep, comrades. sleep. The lannon's roar
No longer fills the air;
The rifle volley routs no more
The rebel from his lair
Where once the beacoii brightly shone,
The sentry walked his round
The crumbling headstone marks alone
The consecrated ground.
III
Sleep, comrades, sleepi The battle-fag
Is rotting on the staff,
And soon, perchance, the tattered rag
VIII waken but laugh;
The peaceful plowshare cleaves the sod,
Once wet with Wars red stain,
And fields that mighty armies trod
Arc starred with flowers again.
Sleep comrades, sleep. Though soon forgot
BY some, while life endures
Forget our loving hearts will not
TO keep their tryst with yours;
The general muster of tine dead,
Whate'er on earth betide,
Shall find US still by Glory led
And marching by your side.
The National tribune., 1884-05-08
!: WASHINGTON, D. c., THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1884,

So when the summer calleth
On forest and field of grain,
With an equal nlurnlnr ialleth
The cooling drip of the rain.
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the judgment day
Wet with the rain the Blue,
Wet with the rain the Gray.
Sadly, but not with upbraiding,
The generous decd was done;
In the storm of the years that are fading
No drawer battle was won.
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the Judgment day
Under the blossoms the Blue,
Under the garlanGs the Gray.
No more shall the war cry sever,
Or the winding rivers be red
They Danish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves of our dead,
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the Judgment day
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray.
The National tribune., 1884-05-08
Fnur Beautiful Cards.

New designs never before published. Win
please any person. Sent free on receipt of &C.
stamp to every reader of THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE. Address r. G. Valentine, IS Park Place,
New York City,
The National tribune., 1884-05-08
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

want TO know what is good for gapes in chick
ems, what will cure them. / have had hundreds
of chickens Matched this spring, but ten ont of
twelve die with the gapes; they never take II I'M
til about three weeks old The windpipe Is full Of
very small worms, which work down into the giz-
zard, and death follows Immediately. / have tried
every remedy that / have seen recommended, all
to no purpose Can you tell me of q remedy. or
refer me TO any responsible poultryyard that could
or would? II is dsheartening trying 70 raise
chicks and have twenty 10 thirty carried OF nearly
every day. / look every week in the columns OF
THE TRIBUNE, but have failed to iind anything
that cures.-Mrs. Sue Gilbert, Ten Mile Stand,
Meigs, Tenn.
Ans. We have occasionally noted remedies
for the above distemper, but we cannot speak
from experience as to their value. We would
be obliged if any of the readers of THE TRIB-
UNE would favor us with facts ON this subject.
/ have lately seen statements to the effect that
the best orchards in the West are those growing
low wet lands, and that all orchards ON high lands
have failed As / expect to plant small apple
ehard. would like to hear from some one who
has experience in this State.-A Veteran, Iowa.
Ans. We trust that some of our readers viii
answer this question. We are very sure that
apple trees viii not do well on low, wet lands;
they would do well enough on low dry lands
or well drained lands, anywhere. Low lands
are usually composed of richer soils than the
higher lands, and to this circumstance we at
tribute the better growth Yet it must be
said that some of the finest orchards IN the
country are pIaHteu Oh Iatncf Stcep, N+J A4lA-
sides.
have seen q statement that irrigation Of grape
vines in Europe has been found specific cure Tor
the mildew and rot if this is true, would it not be
as effectual in This country?-E 5. t., Cincinnati.
Ans We think there is mistake in the
above statement. One of the methods of de-
stroying the phylloxera or root-lOuse of the
grape. vine in Europe is by inundation-f0od-
ing the soil so rs to destroy the insects; but
this has nothing to do with mildeW on the
leaves, or rot in the fruit. There is no fruit
that requires less water after midsummer than
the pe-vine, especially if the fruit is to be
made into wine.
There is a tree gowng III square at this place
which is called the Mahogany tree. 1t bears large
beans, and is quite hardy Is it the true mahog-
any tree, or you say what it is?-J K, Gettys-
burg, Pa.
Aiss. The Kentucky Coffee tree GyuIn0ciadHs
caaadensis, is called in some places the mahog-
any tree. The true mahogany tree is a tropi-
cal plant and would not live at Gettysburg
The National tribune., 1884-05-08
KEEPING EGGS.

A correspondent of the Farmers World writes
as follows: Last summer l was induced to
try packing down eggs for winter use. / took
some sweet, clean kegs, set them in a cool, dry
place, with barrel of powdered dry earth near
at hand. In the kegs / placed layer Of this
earth; then a layer of eggs, small end down;
then layer of earth, and so on until the kegs
were filed. These eggs were quite good six
months after packing down. By placing the
eggs small end down the yolk is prevented
from dropping down on the end and settling on
the shell, while the dry, fine earth keeps them
from the air.
The National tribune., 1884-05-08
OUR OLD BANNER.


[IFona an address By General John A. Logan.l
Our old banner is the only true banner of
liberty; it has gathered its millions from lands
Of tyranny and gladdened their hearts with
freedom; it rejoices the eye and heart of every
liberty-loying man wherever seen around the
globe.
IL is the banner of freedom to-day, it was
yesterday, and a century ago.
IT'S the same that waved over and inspired
the noble band of unshod patriots that gained
the independence of this people.
On more than a hundred hardly-contested
fields for the Union, as borne aloft, it glad
dened the weary. the wounded, and dying 1t
took the manaces from the limbs of men
chained in the deep gulf Of despair, and stood
them erect in the glorious sunlight of freedom.
All hail proud old flag; no ruthless hand
shall despoil thee; as the stars that deck the
plains Of heaven arc the glory Of the night and
light mp the foot path of man, so shall these
stars be the glory OF this Nation, shedding their
light along the pathway of liberty.
The National tribune., 1884-05-08
Reunion of LIST and 2d Kentucky VI.

The annual Reunion of the LIST and I'd Ken
lucky volunteers will be held at the Lookout
House on Sunday, May 25.
The National tribune., 1884-05-08

LINCOLN r. GEIlErBN KS ADDEEss-
Fourcorc and seven years ago our fathers
brought forth upon this continent a new ma
ton, conceived IN liberty, and dedicated 10 the
proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in great civil war, test
ing whether that nation. or any nation so con-
ceiVed and SO dedicated. can long endure. We
are met on great battlefield Of that war. We
are met 10 dedicate a portion Of it as the final
resting place Of those who here gave their
lives that that nation might live. Ii is alto
Eether fitting and proper that we should do
this.
But, IL a larger sense. we cannot dedicate,
we cannot c0nseerltc, We cannot hallOw this
ground. The brave men, living and dead, who
struggled here, have cOasacTated il far above
our power to add or detract The world VIII
little ROte, nor long remember, what we say
here. but il can never forget what they did
here. lii is for rs the living, rather to be dedi-
catea here 70 the unfinished work that they
hayethus far SO noblF carried on. il is rather
for Us to be here dedicated to the great task re-
naming before us-tiat from these honored
dead we take increased devotion to the eause
for which they here gave the last full measure
OF dev0si0n-tllat we here highly resolve that
the dead shall not hare died in vain-that the
nation shall, under God. have new birth OF
freedom, and that the Government Of the peo-
pie, iy the people. and Tor the people shall not
perish from the earth.