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In the number OF Posts, New York, it will
be seen, leads the rest; but in the work of
recruiting Kansas takes the palm, with one
hundred and fffy-three new Posts to her
credit
However, we shall have to hold the lists
open until at least Indiana, Iowa, and Mis-
souri, have been heard from, for at The head
of all three of these Departments there are
famous workers, who are certain to come in
for share Of the glory.
And now, comrades, since it is clear from
this record what hard work viii do towards
building mp the Grand Army, LET us have
another year of i'll Let rs add to the rolls
at least another hundred thousand veterans
out Of the nearly eight hundred thousand
who, as yet, are not formally bound TO us
by the thIeefold tie Of Fraternity, Charity
and Loyalty! THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
stands ready to lend helping hand 10 any
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General Shsrman.s Thaass.

The President has received the following
letter from General Sherman, acknowledgi Eg
tie complimentary manner in which tae
President announced his retirement froG, tae
army:
No. 9I2 GARRISON AVE. ST. LOUIS. Feb. ., 1884
To His EresEsacy Chester 4. 4TtaUr. President Of
the United States, Washington, d. C.
DEAR SIR: Permit me. with soldiers frank
ness, 20 thank you personally for the handsome
compliment bestowed in the General Orders e yes
teTtiay. which reported in the journals of the
day. 70 me I5 was a surprise, and most agree
able one. had supposed that the actual date of
my retirement would form short paragraph ia
the common series of special orders of the War
Department; but the honorable Executive OF
our country has made 1t the occasion Tor his own
hand 10 pay tribute OF respect and affection 70
officer passing from the active stage OF lie 20 one
of ease and rest can only say that l feel highly
honored. and congratulate myself ia thus round
ing Oat my record of service in manner most
gratifying to family and friends Not cuiy t.is.
but feel sure that Wscn the Orders of yesterday
are read on parade TO the regiments and s7rriso.s
of the United States many young Zero VIII
tighten his belt anew to be brave and tTue 20 me
Starry BiHner which Of our day nave carried
safely through an epoch o. danger but " men may
vet be subjected 10 other trials which WI! demand
similar sacrifices equal fidelity and courage and
larger measure o. Intelligence Again thanking
Won for i, marked compliment aid cooperating
the kind wishes for tie future. am with profound
respect your friend AMI servant
W. T. SHERMAN, General.
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SIN Marching On.

The growth of the Grand Army during
the past year, as exhibited in the reports of
the Assistant Adjutant Generals that have
so far been made, has far exceeded that Of
any previous year in its history. As yet,
we have returns from but twenty-three De
partments, but these show clear gain of
about sixty-six Thousand comrades and an
aggregate membership of over one hundred
and eighty-four thousand Indiana, Ken
lucky, Missouri, Iowa, Arkansas, Tennessee
and Georgia, Oregon, Washington Territory,
and Utah, among Others. are yet to be heard
iron. and there is little doubt but that the
grand total viii exceed two hundred thou
sand. For the sake of comparison, we print
the following table, showing the present
strength and gains during the past year in
the Departments named:
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and the English offcersl massacred. Baker
Pasha, hitherto supposed to be invincible, is
routed, and his men slaughtered. Sinkat,
which has appealed in vain for reinforce
ments, is compelled to succumb to the in
vader, and the plucky garrison are put to
the sword. And now John Bull, protesting
the most intense surprise at the turn mat
ters have taken, finds it quite impossible to
eyacuate Egypt under the circumstances,
and, yielding to the popular olamor, makes
preparation to maintain his position. The
issue is, of course, a forgone conclusion.
Much against his will, and solely because of
his solicitude for the welfare of Egypt and
the Improvement of its condition, John Bull
will presently find it necessary, as hereto
fore in India and South Africa, to take
permanent possession of the country
and administer its affairs after his own
pleasure! This is the result which is now
painfully, and at costly sacrifice of life,
being worked out for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of
the British empire, and when it shall have
been attained there will doubtless be some
more military and naval heroes" for the
Queen to Knight
Fortunately, we Americans can afford to
look on with complacency while this game
is being played out. What have we to fear
from foreign aggression so long as we possess
such powerful navy and such impregnable
harbor and sea coast defenses?
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CONTENTS Ills VIZ.

1si Paee.-Ifen o. O. Howards "Reminiscences Of
the War. Pope IN the sGdGle-lhe Movements
Preliminary 70 the Second Bull hun--At Cedar
Aiouii-..s - Lees Flailking Process lope's
Psais MISUNDERSTANDING the Nation. Island
Aamber Ten-fhe Confederate Fnrtifcations
anc lian Of Delense-fall of New Andlid-An
Amos 5e0diess Victory for Pope and Foote.-'
90 the lied River: ForteT's movements
Blocked AT Springfield I-andng-Cane River
Crassine--II0Y the Rebels We're 0Gtfianked
aut. RoHied.-The Gray and the Blue: Batter
iea al War. OF Galvanisnl and OF Love-Afist
and SHnshine-liow Geneyieve Came TO Reject
tile Calsiaiu's Offer.
I'd Page. Loyal Woman's Work: Household
Iot,ics--Our Experience Mecting-Relief Corps
Aewa-All Along the Line Alinis.efing An
gels: "reminiscences o. Army kurse.-fsne
al General GrieTson's Famous Oroers.-Room
Ventilation. = Walking Sturgeon. She Col
Her Change.
Sd Pase--f5ur Rural Topics. Our Agricultural
Edil0rs Weekly Ch2t.-Saglee's Brigade AZ
Far oaks.-POetry: Thomas al Chickamauga-
-Epfhe Red River continued from Ist pacel-
The "reminiscences OF an Officer on General
Banks Staf.-Inoer = Ban.-Reunion Of the
LiHc0n CaSaiFy.--Ihe Cray and the Blue CON
9TH s'are.-EdItoriais: stin Marching on-A
Frctexi for Congressional Deisy--John Bull IN
EgyPs--A Penny-a-I.iise SiaBdener. = Gotham
Inaf-turgea diplomas: Hiss kelley s For
ei@n Letter
9Th Page oings OF Cougress-News of the
Week: Tse Oid Worla.-sfter the Flood. The
Mork OF Relief Along the ohio--AdTeriise-
9Th Fssse.-Tsle Grand Army: Philadelphia Let
tf-r---Df t4flelft AcWs-NeW lost Ol1iceFs---
Proceedings Of The Kansas Encanpment.-
Sons Of keserans.-Ihe National Prisoners
Assssaiaiion---'fae Coming Army Of the Poto-
mae lseunios.--lC,liancei iorsvilie and Lsettts-
burE.-I.aunion OF the 4tl Iowa Cavalry The
Shiloh Excursion
9Th I'age.-Figilting Them Over: The 9Th III.
Cavity BE e2d =. \. at Pair Oazs-Tbe 18th
Clio 80 Close 9naEters-I'he 33G y Y.-The
Prisoner ~ 40 Sang al Belle Isie-An Indiana
Soldier Ak the Bate OF Aionocacy-sic
Braeale on tlle PeHinsaia--The baltimore Pas
sase-CsEsey's Division AT Pair Oaks Sier-
nlau's E-fewea Speech 10 the 6th IoFs-TEe
Cd Pa AZ Hanover NoF1Tt-f5 onse-Biocrap
OF Cen James &. Isice Man4eG-Thc 5th Wis
al williamsburg ~ Portrait o. Gen. Roberts
N2nted-fSen. AnGeTsoD's Fiae-fsen- Candy :
Military feeero.-fhe Question Squad.-An-
sEese e Correspondents.
9th faEe.-fsen- H,FWarl's "reminiscences fcon-
tinued from lst pa1el.-Iile Magazines.
Publications.. - Saving Lie Nation continued
TON Isl l5lgel.-AdpertisetneiI
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1t will be seen that the Department of
Pennsylvania still heads the roll with the
largest number of comrades and best average
per Post-seventy-thIee. New York, how
eter, is a good second in membership, though
its Posts, which are more numerous than IN
the Keystone State, are relatively weaker in
numbers, averaging scarcely sixty comrades
each Ohio is close on the heels of New
York, and shows even greater gains in mem
bersbip. The fourth place clearly belongs to
Kansas, Which has nearly trebled its strength
and made the largest gain Of all-nearly
ten thousand comrades. Illinois is now
ahead Of Massachusetts,, while Michigan
may well be proud Of roll of ten thousand
comrades, more than half Of whom were
mustered in as The result Of a single years
work. Other Departments, too although
they cannot boast such great numerical
gains, have reason TO be well satisfied with
the showing they make-as, for instance,
old Vermont, which has nearly quadrupled
It's strength, and Wisconsin, which has more
than doubled, and Minnesota, which has
more than t1ebled in numbers.
As regards the number Of Posts. the fol-
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A Falthfa, Hans.


couple of nights ago a lady well advanced
IN age was found wandering aleng the road
near the residence Of hrs. t'eI Hunt, on TNen-
tieth street, and on being questioned by Mr.
Fred Hunt said she WIS searching for buggy
containing chill. She had left the buggy a
short distance frefn the heHse and the horse
attached to it had wandered Off Tie night
was bitter cold. Yesterday it was discovered
that the horse had wandered into the woods
and becoming tired laid down. fhe enid,
bright little girl was found or some boys next
morning saugly sleeping against the breast OF
the horse. with its head lying on one OF tho
animals forelegs. The littte enc bad evidently
become cold, and when The horse laid down
went TO it TO try 20 make i set up, when, the
boys think, the SPACIOUS animal managed to
place IL with It's heal on il arm, 50 e. speak,
to keep IL from freezing 60 death The mother
was over;evet to recover her child, and VIII
keeE ths faithful horse ~ laog d sac lives.
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John Bull in Egypt.

In very clever French brochure. enti-
tied John Bull and his Island, /" we find
this delicious bit of satire:
The French fight for glory, the Germans for
living the Russians to divert the attention of the
people from home affairs; but John Bun is a rea-
sonable moral and rejecting character; lie fights
10 promote trade, TO maintain peace and order on
the face Of the earth and the good of mankind in
general II he cunqners a nation, it is to improve
its condition in this world and secure its welfare
in the nexta highly moral aim. as you perceive
How well this applies TO the existing
state of things in Egypt! On the pretense
of sustaining, in the interest of civilization.
the authority of the Khedive against the
rebellious Arab, though really for the pur-
pose of securing British holders of Egyptian
securities against loss, Mr. Gladstones gov
eminent sends an army and neet to the land
gether inglorious struggle, succeeds in sup
pressing the instruction and obtaining the
control of public affairs. That accomplished,
it disclaims any desire to establish pro-
tectorate or add another to its long list of
foreign possessions, and having arranged,
through British representation in the
Egyptian administration, to retain the direc-
ton of financial affairs, yirtuously announces
its intention of Withdrawing its troops. But
at this juncture an unforeseen obstacle arises.
The instruction in the soudan, fomented
by the religious pretender, FL Mahdi. sud-
denly attains formidable proportions and
threatens to extend to Lower Egypt. The
native troops are overpowered by the rebels
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Ely Post, of which he was the Junior vice
commander, decided to hold the funeral
services at Wilkes-B Barre, Pa on Sunday
last and escort the remains to the cathedral
in body. They did so, but on arriving at
the church they were notified that they
could not enter unless they removed the
badges which constitute the insignia of
the Order. This, of course, they declined TO
do, aud they were thereupon excluded from
further participation in the services and
compelled to retire without having per-
formed the last sad offices for their dead
comrade. The reason given by the church
authorities for this harsh treatment is of
course, the fact that the Grand Army is
secret Order, and as such is antagonistic
TO the doctrines of the Catholic religion !;
but in reality its secrecy is of such nomi-
nal character and so perfectly harmless in
its purpose that it cannot be said TO properly
belong in the category of prescribed societies
There is nothing, indeed, in its principles or
practice which in the slightest degree con-
flicts with devout belief in the tenets of
any church or a faithful performance of
religious duties, and the Catholic Church is
neither consistent nor wise in placing it
under ban. 1t seems to US that if proper
representations were made to the church
authorities as to the true purpose and char
acter of the Order. they might be prevailed
upon to remove the unjust restrictions
which are now enforced against it.
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wAsHINGToND c. THURSDAY a.

not satisfied that it right to object, and wrote
to him: 8 You your father Is cautious, but God
forbid that we should quench the spark of patriot
ism that has been kindled in your breast" He en-
listed in the 55th Ohio volunteers. and how many
a time afterwards when heard of the necessities
of our army, did feel though I would have
given seven sons had had them, to the service of
my countryI
SwANToE, O. Ms. HARRIET ROGERS.
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THE hostile attitude which the Catholic
Church has On several occasions lately as
sumed towards the Grand Army is greatly
10 be deplored. Here is the most recent
instance: The death having been announced
of Captain John Munday, formerly captain
Of the 10Th Pennsylvania, the members of
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a AEETINc Of the pension committee of
the Grand Army has been ordered for the
18th inst at the Riggs Horse, this city.
There are msny matters Of importance
awaiting Us attention.
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TIE recent interruption Of railway COM
lnunication by the Ohio overflow appears to
have occasioned some irregularity in the
delivery to our Western subscribers Of the
last two Issues Of THE TRIBUNE, and if any
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TEE number Of pension certificates issued
and signed during the week ending Febru-
airy i6. 1884, were as follows: Original, ca;
increase, 81; reissue, 81; restoration, II;
duplicate, Is; arrears, o; accrued pensions,
-; pensions under act of March 3, 1883,
2; total, s8s.
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First Dude: All, say. would You marry the
aaasbter Of q Pirate" second Dude: t1y,
esrt u u y not; but onee paid attention 20 fha
Gene:stes Of > freeloa.sr, AID don't you know.
sos s.la worst OF it,
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By the way, some of the wise editors who
used to write fippant paragraphs about the
young colonel on General Sheridan's staff, will
presumably be surprised to learn that E. ID.
Grant is now private banker doing busi-
ness of a million dollars a month He is
careful and sagacious business nan, respected
for his judgment and integrity by very large
circle OF acquaintance, among whom are the
solid men in this great financial center. He
has the deliberate manner aud quiet address Of
his distinguished father. He had the good
sense to see that he was liable to rust, as sol
der in time of peace, and the courage to throw
up his commission and start out on his own re-
sponsibility The event has proved the wisdom
of his Judgment.
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The opening of through communication by
rail between this country and the City of
Mexico will be celebrated on the 5th Of May,
the anniversary of the defeat of the French at
Puebla by the patriot forces of General Porfrio
Diaz. General Grant expects to accompany
the party of distinguished Americans who will
go to Mexico to participate in this important
event
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met a Dakota man to-day who was inquir-
ing about emigrant rates on the railroads lie
says that large numbers of Scandinayians will
be over this spring, taking passage direct from
their native port to the neighbarhood of their
settlement in the Territory. Speaking of the
Governor nc said that he had never heard of a
men being accused of SO tauch without either
specifications or proof. This SORT of persecu-
ton by local jjobbers had made Governor
0rdway thousands of friends among respecfa-
bic people in the Territory. They Thought it
was about time to prove something against Mr.
Orlway, or else . dry up He hoped the
President would raappoint the Governor if the
latter would take the o.f;ce.
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The money kings who gather nightly at the
Windsor Hotel TO discuss railroad stocks are
beginning to have politics forced upon them to
some extent, and now vary the talk of trunk
lines and railroad wars with predictions as
to who the different political parties will NOM
mate for President rspent last evening with
them and fad the wisdom of these millionaire
princes about as various as that of their poorer
brethren.
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One Of the most thrifty looking newspapers
published here is the Graphic the only daily
illustrated paper in the country. This is in
spite of the damaging rurnors circulated some
time ago very ingeniousy through the press
associations by the Goodsells, who, it seems.
manipulated the company for their private
ends when in, and tried to get revenge, after
being voted ont of the management by the
stockholders by starting yexatious lawsuits
and having damaging reports circulated.
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BY the way Filkins did duty for many
months in rebel prisons during the war and
has wonderful stock of experience to tell of
rebel cruelty. He can refer to the hanging of
Wrz without the least compassion, for, once
when he ventured to e2postulate with this
fcnd against the wanton shooting of Wis
bayenet through his mouth from one cheek to
the other, the scar from which he will bear to
his grave.
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General" Jack Haverly, the Snowman, is
looking up again financially, and no dou6t will
be rich again in year or So He thinks a
Presidential year bad for business in this coun-
try, so, having disposed of all his theaters, he
is organizing the most pretentious and numer-
Gus minstrel company ever brought together
for tour in England. They will be called
Hayerley's Mastodons Mr.. Robert Filkins,
one of the most accomplished showmen in the
country, will go as manager of the troupe.
The Dillon tribune., 1884-10-11
\ NEEDED LAW,

The attention of the next Legislative
Assembly will be called to nany needed
laws. Among other needed laws the Leg.
islaturc will bc asked to pass law requir.
ing full and official reports Of County Com.
'n'ssioners' proceedings to be regularly
published in one or more newspapers Of
the county. A contemporary, in Eastern
Montana, in referring to this subject say.: {:
ut is matter Of no little comment that
considering the size as we'll as difficulty Of
reaching the remote parts Of the county
the Commissioners do not have the pro.
weddings Of their quarterly meetings pub.
lished verbatim. The taxpayers arc entitled
to know what the county fathers are do.
ing, yet with synopsis of their deliberations
published but a very limited knowledge Of
their acts become generally known"