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NOTICE TO coo NNERs.

To CHARLES BEvINs: You are hereby no.
titled that we have, in accordance with Sec
ton 2, 324, Revised Statutes OF the United
States, expended in labor and improvements
upon the Champion lode in Ore Elmo Mining
District, Deer Lodge county, Montana Ter
ritory, one hundred dollars for the year end
ing December 81, 1884, and upon the Libbie
lode, In Orc Elmo Mining District, Deer
Lodge county, Montana Territory, one hun
dred dollars for the year ending December
81, 1884 and you are hereby further notified
that unless you pay, or caused to be paid, to
either of the undersigned, within ninety
days from date of this notice, your one
fourth of said amount, which is Fifty $50
Dollars, all your right, title, interest, and
claim in and to said Champion and Libbie
lode mining claims will become the property
Of the undersigned, your co-owners, who
have made the required expenditure.
Dated at Deer Lodge, M. T., this Third day
Of October, 1884
JOSEPH HAxBURY,
4. p. MILLS,
1850 DAVIS JAMES CURNs
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the lovely sister was at it, most piquani
phase.
Cragmore watched Whit he deemed the in.
fatuation Of bis fr.old with suppressed
amusement, but wisely refrainei from rally.
ing him upon it
Weeks went by--idle weeks of luxurious
hardship Of pleasure bought by rough la.
Dor, on sailing, rowing, fishing, tenting, and
horseback riding. Mis- Ro GOES face wa
almost hazel-nut c. Tor; Ellington found
unexpected muscles in h 5 trained body, and
something of The granger or frontiennan
seenei to incrust his wellgreaveI figure:
Craginors grew negligent about shaving, and
his shapely hand; looked knucklsd, and hard
as granite: indeed, they had all lapsei back
the eLb Of wave toward the aboriginal.
But at len sth, almost imperceptibly. the
seas,n waned. The evenings grew chilly.
more blankets for their beds at night, heavier
wraps for the day. The shores OF the lovely
inland lakes blazsl with color. A smoky
haze tempered the sun. The crickets pipee
OF frost
The summer was gone. The city's restless
finger beckoned item lack to change, e
desk. to opera. theatre, ball, and rout.
-One more pic-nis-one more hot coffee liz
the wecds,n begged Ellington who had &C
hate.l pic-nics.
Mrs. Roscoe made rea ly.
@Wnere shall It begu
4As far from everything and everybody o.
possible. In the wilderness"
well have a tug take US half way up &c
the Jordan. leave us, and coma for us q
night decided Mrs. Roscoe,
IL was done. The day was the perfection
Of smoky hush and warmth. They steamed
across the emerald water. Venus ON her
shell, with the Adriatic searfoam at har
PROV, In the infancy Of the world, OF Love,
Of Poetry, could not have spiashed up whittier
drops, or cut clear walks in more trsnslu
cent water M
Fanny had her sketching materials @Ons
Enal bit " north woods for my room In win
ter, she said.
Ellington sighed In his heart; b. WAS perr.
sive and reflective, and while Fanny watched
the scenery be stndied her. profils. He had
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this time powder ashes were falling Ike hail.
A dense cloud of sfAoke. hung like a pail over
the scene, making it almost dark, and giving
things weird andLufnatural aspect. When
the cloud had lifted and foated away we We're
able to discover the effects. The ends of frame
buildings hundred feet distant had been
crushed into splintefs and the houses reduced
to ruins Board fences a long way off were
fattened to the ground. One member of the
10th Ohio, who was on one of the piles, was
thrown hundred yards and horribly mutt
lated. Another, who sprang from the upper
pile and fell in the, water only few feet away,
had the back of his clothing burned out, but
was not seriously hurt According to my re-
membrane number of soldiers were killed
and wounded as well as. citizens occupying the
houses mentioned, but the number am unable
to state As many of the buildings around
contained ammunition, which was liable to be
fired by spark, the danger was increased and
the alarm intensified thereby.
/ hope some comrade who remembers will
give the names of those killed and wounded
by the explosion. 1t was sudden and terrible
sequel to our mirth.
CROSBY JOHNSON,
HAMILTON, No. Co. G, 10Th Ohio.
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FROM A 18th IOWA MAN.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:


] notice that several Of your correspondents
have asked the question, Who were the first
prisoners at Camp Ford, Texas?" One COM
rade thinks they were the men of Colonel
Leake's command. They were not the first,
but among the first. Leake's command con-
sisted OF 400 men-a portion of the 18th Iowa,
under Captain Adams; a detachment of the
26th Indiana, under Lieutenant Colonel Rose;
one company of mounted infantry, under Lieu
tenant Walton, Of the 34th Iowa, and also one
section OF company T. 1st Missouri artillery.
Leutenant-Co Colonel P. B. Leake Goth Iowa.
commanded this small brigade. They were
captured at Sterling Farm, Louisiana, Septem-
Der %, 1863, and remained in the hands of the
enemy until July q, 1854 It was 80 ordained
that was to accompany this noble band Of
patriots on their march OF invasion across
Louisiana and into Texas. We were the
advance guard OF the Yankee army; but IN
fortunately, we were marched under the
direction and by the orders Of General Kirby
Smith, G. S. A / remember that when we
arrived at Camp Ford, Texas, there were but
seventy prisoners there, or about that number.
At that time there was no stockade. 1t was a
camp In appearance IS well as name; and a
miserable, bleak camp it was. These seventy
men were afterwards known as the Pioneers, /"
and so called by the thousands whom Banks
sent out there 20 keep them company. The
" Pioneers" represented numerous commands.
They had been picked up here and there from
Arkansas TO Louisiana / can now recall but
one name among them-a Mr.. Schneider, a
German, who, it was generally conceded, could
excel any other inhabtant of the camp in
"cussing" the so-called Southern Confederacy
/ he could and did give it 70 them in both
/ languages - German and United States ]
should be pleased to hear from some Of the
i first settlers Of Camp Ford.
I. III. THOMAS,
ELDoS, Iowa. 18th Iowa Vols
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that the law requires is that he shall occupy and
improve the land.
Old Soldier Bridgeport Coma, submits the fol-
lowing: l. received . pension certificate q few
weeks ago, allowing pension Of q per month
up TO the Isl OF january. ISL. when my disability
is sad TO have ceased can get the evidence
thai my disability has not cessed that my certii-
cate was granted on What must 4 do Ia the mat
ter? 2 Is wounded maa. who deserted and leis
the country and did not return until aer the close
of tho war, entitled 10 pension Aasrer L. Pro-
cure additional medical testimony showing that
your disability has continued aluce the date your
pension ceased forward sIne to Pension Office ard
request an examination before some buaTsi other
than the one shat iast examined you. . Not un-
less he can get GiScaayge nom she War DEPART
ment.
Ex-SoIdier Dck0ta-A homestead entry can b
upon and improved t for period Of nos less shan
/ SIX months.
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Congress and the Arrears Bill.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
If this Congress adjourns without passing
the back pension bill, it ought to be relegated
to the bats and owls for time, if not eternity.
If the principle is correct in one case, it can
not in decency, be denied in all cases. 1
know old soldiers land l am one of them who
did not apply for pension during the back
clause regime because they still thought they
could be cured. But now, thousands Of US
having spent our last dollar for medicine and
doctors advice, and finding ourselves growing
worse year by year till we cannot perform
manual labor we are granted, grudgingly, a
mere pittance or denied altogether. Let Con-
gress act like men,-patriotic men,-and treat
all the old soldiers alike. Neither party dare
vote against this measure if it come up; and if
it does not come up, it will be because of a
secret agreement between the parties. If the
Republican party expects the votes Of soldiers,
this Congress must pass that bill. If it does
not do it, then all soldiers affected by the re-
fusal to pass the back pension bill should, and
certainly WILL look elsewhere for help. We
are like other bodies of men,-combining for
our own interest, -and the party that lends us
an ear will receive our suffrages. The iron,
wool, sugar, beef, lumber, railway and other
bodies of men are combining for self-protection,
and so are the old soldiers.
s. P. CONNER.
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To the Editor NATIOHAB TRIBUNE:
On the side Of The Purdy and Corinth road,
four and a bali miles north OF Corinth, Miss
and One-half mile north of the Tennessee and
Mississippi State line, at the foot Of a hickory
tree, there reposes to-day the remains Of a
Union soldier who was sbot lby guerrilla, IL
is thought. while standing picket, when the
army was advancing Oh Corinth in the early
summer 81 1852
II is pos bic that some Of the comrades who
read IHE IRIBrEE may remember tie circum-
stanceN>pd VIII he able 10 inform US who the
soldier was. and give us bis name and regiment
The grave is about oEe-balf mile south Of the
first line Of bneastwOrls crossing the Purdy
and Corinth road. and marked on the Govern
ment map as tho location Of General ~. 4.
Sherman's forces ] had often visited this
neighboFbOod in the Discharge Of my duties as
a missionary Of the NJ. 4. Church, but ny at
tention Was never called to this grave By anv
person, white OF colored, until a few DAVIS after
the Shiloh excursion. The Hon r. Lyle Dick
CIV, Of Chicago, on returning home, by way OF
COrinth, from that excursion, called the atlen-
zion Of the colcrcd driver 10 that tree, be hay
ing known Of the death and burial Of the SOL
der at that spot while he Colonel Dickey)
was commander Of the 4th Illinois cavalry
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as good time rs that of our neghbor, which is OF
gold, and was made to order in New York. am
nine years old, and my father soldier of the
18th Indiana veteran volunteers. and shot
through the right arm at Cedar Creek.-Johnnie
Andrews, Cazenovia, Ill.
I am well pleased with the Waterbury watch
that received from you. IL is a good tmekeeper,
for have tested it with Elgin.-SaInue4 Hun
ter, Williamsburg. Kan.
The Waterbury watch you sent me has been
fully tested and 1 must say that il has proved an
excellent timckeeper. Accept my thanks. AS 10
your sterling paper-THE TRIBUNE-never did a
paper do better fighting in nobler cause, and may
1t continue to do until glorious victory perches
upon its standard-,J. p. Arnelus. Nasal, Wash
ingte.. Territory.
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comRADE ALsUp's EXPERIENCE.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

TO the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Permit Us space in your valuable paper to
reply TO Mir. S. Ii. Wright, Of North Amherst,
Mass, IN regard TO who were the first Union
prisoners 10 enter Camp Ford at Tyler Texas.
Comrade Benjamin Alsup, private of company
ii, 9Th Missouri cavalry, was one among the
first Union soldiers to occupy that long-to-be-
remembered pen. ComTade Ben Alsup was
captured at his home ia Howell county Mo-
while absent from his company ON leave. He
had Just enlisted, and our regiment being sta
toned some twenty miles from his home he
obtained leave from Lieutenant Colonel S. N.
Wood, commanding, TO attend 10 some business,
and while at home the rebels made dash upon
him, captured him and conveyed him 10 Tyler,
Texas. Comrade Alsup was noted character
in that part Of Missouri and had strongly OPP
posed secession, so they put him TO hard work
and he helped 20 build the stockade around
Camp Ford. The rebels never would exchange
him, as they accused him OF being a spy. Our
officers Tried several times during the war to
get him exchanged, but all efforts were in vain.
Comrade Alsup was the first Union soldier to
enter Camp Ford and one among the last to
come out Of it. While there the rebels made
him work ia bark mill and maltreated him
Ia every way possible. When we saw Comraae
Alsup at Marshaeld, in 1866, he was badly
crippled up. W. +. PATTON,
Co T. 9Th No. Cav.
G. w. SALESMAN,
LINN CREEK, No. Co II, 9th BE. Cav.
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PARMA CENTRE, N. Y.
No 0ne-Legged soldiers Need Apply.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Permit me to call your attention to recent
violation of section 1854 of the Revised Statutes.
Mr. j. c. Warner, a respected and intelligent
citizen, who lost leg at the battle of Benton
vile, N c., made application for the position
of postmaster at Cortland, new town just
starting on the U. p. r. r. His petition was
signed by almost every one of the immediate
patrons of the Office As a matter of fact and
history it would be impossible to pick an atom
of flaw in the MANS entire record, both as a
citizen and soldier; his painful stump certainly
being sufficient evidence that his country had
received services that entitled him TO the con-
sideration and favor Of those in authority. Mr..
Warner, moreover, had always been staunch
Republican; yethis petition was ignored and q
person appointed in his place who never saw q
days service in the army. No Congressman OF
official with spark of manhood about him
would be guilty of such shameful act of in
justice. } SUBSCRIBER.
CORTLAND, NEB
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MoRE cOHREcTToNs.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
S. II. Wright is in error in his account of
the first prisoners at Camp Ford. The 18th
Iowa, commanded by Captain Adams; 26th
Indiana, Colonel Rose commander; one section
Of LIST Missouri light artillery, and detach-
ment Of mounted infantry, the whole force
numbering five hundred, under command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Leake, Of the 10Th Iowa,
were captured the Doth day Of September, 1863,
and arrived at Camp Ford the following October.
We found a few prisoners there, and some
Of them had been prisoners for over a year; so
we don't claim to be the FIRST inhabitants OF
that he'll Major Bruce, OF the 18th Iowa, was
not prisoner, being absent IS judge-advocate
on eourt-martial. Major Montgomery and
his cavalry fed without firing a gun, and
made their escape. w. l. BRAGG.
BENIoNsPoET, Iowa
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HAMILTON, no.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Soldiers Opinions on the Pension Office and PEN
sion Legislation.


sion Legislation.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
l am glad that you, as well as some of our
Congressman, are exposing the injustice prac-
ticed by the Pension Office in requiring an
applicant for pension to prove his soundness at
and prior to enlistment, notwithstanding that
the soldier was examined by competent sur
geons before his muster into the service and
officially pronounced sound and able-bodied.
For the Pension Office to ignore said examina-
ton and report, and virtually say that said ex-
aminations were a farce, after the soldier had
performed well his arduous duties for months
and years,-to assume, indeed, that he was sick
and disabled prier to and during the time OF
his service. = is to say that the chivalrous
South was cleaned out by an army of puny in
valids. That's too thin, and an insult to every
surgeon whose duty it was to pass upon the
soundness or unsoundness of enlisted men, as a
prerequisite to their admission to the Govern
ment service. The burden of proof should be
on the Government. If the soldier was not
sound before enlistment, the Government Ger.
tainly has better facilities to prove it than the
soldier has to prove that he was sound.
PIONEER, OHIO. VIM. LIDDALL.
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TRIBUNE PREMIUMS,
And What Our Club-Raisers Think and Say
TiiAf.i


I received the Waterbury watch you sent me,
and must say that was very agreeably surprised,
for did not expect such handsome gift for such
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roy, Marietta, Pa.
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watch is the cheapest and best watch to be found
/ have thoroughly tested it and know whereof |
speak,. S. Lewis, Mt. Aeriel, KY.
POSTPONED acknowledging watch INT now, in
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Kingsley, Fort Stockton, Texas.
received the Waterbury watch in due time and
find it keeps as good time higher-priced watch
that have. Am much pleased with it.-Tlieodore
Fortiner, Greenyille, Cal.
I should have acknowledged receipt of watch
sooner but wished to test it before doing so I
can now say that the Waterbury is thoroughly
reliable tilnekeeper.-A. c. Cole, Wilton. Wis.
The Waterbury watch received from you keeps
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ton, Kan.
/ very much pleased with the fine qualities
Of the Waterbury watch had from you. 1t keeps
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four miles distant. Among the officers then
placed there were Major Anthony, I'd Rhode
Island troop; Captain Nohett, 2lst Indiana
battery; Captain Coe, 10th New York in
fantry; Captains May, Bailey and others of the
23d Connecticut infantry. Early in October
Colonel Leake and the others mentioned by
Mr. Wright Joined u.s. and later still Colonel
Charles C. Mott and Lieutenant Colonel A. J..
H. Duganne of the 176th New York. Colonel
Bugrell, who was captured at Galveston on
New Years Day, 1862, and the navy officers
there captured, arrived at Camp Ford from
Camp Grace, from near Houston, Texas. The
first officer that died at Camp Ford was Lieu
tenant John C, Kimball, quartermaster of the
10th New York volunteers.
J. P. RoBENs,
Co. 7, 10th New York Vols.
T., L
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The Injustice of the Warner Bill.
To the Editor NATIONAL, TRIBUNE:

10 Inc EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
One feature of the Warner bill is certainly
unjust. The three months limit will work a
hardship to many brave men. There was a
brigade of volunteers at the battle of Antietam
composed of men who six weeks before were at
home reading the war news instead of partici-
pating in the war. The brigade was made up
of the both and 1920 Pennsylvania volunteers.
the 14th Connecticut and the 108th New York
volunteers. commanded by General French.
Their position was on the left of General
Hooker, opposite the historic cornfeld near
which was the celebrated natural rifle-pit.
For two hours and more the brigade poured its
fire into the cornfeld until relieved by the
Irish brigade, commanded by General Meagher.
When the battle shock was over and the roll
was called, the 108th New York volunteers
reported twenty-six killed and nearly 200
wounded and missing of the 900 men engaged
The other regiments lost as much or more than
the 103th The three months clause denies
pensions to the disabled men of this brigade.
4. G. NEWTON.
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One city Where the Soldier is Honored
, the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
This is soldiers year, and in this city, at
least, thesodier is not altogether ignored The
following veterans hold office: Willis D. Maier,
clerk Of court; Charles A. Zollinger, mayor of
the city; John w. Wardemark, Edmund Lin
coin, Peter Slide and John c. Kincel, members
of the city council. The latter named was the
owner of the famous dog Little jim" am
not a pensioner, but have carefully read the
Warner bill, and consider it an outrage.
would like to have my memory refreshed as to
the different brigades, divisions and corps to
which the 43d regiment O. V. |. was attached
during the war. JAMES e. GRAHAM
FoRT WAYNE. IND
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THE BRAsaEAR CITY oAprryEs.
he Editor NATIosAL TRInUsE:

To The Ldltor NATIONAL tribune:
Isee IN your issue Of April that S. H.Wright,
Of Bridgeport, Conn, in answer to " Who We're
the First Prisoners at Camp Ford, Texas2"
mentions Colonel Leabe, OF the 10Th Iowa.
BIr. Wright is in error. The FIRST prisoners
sent to Tyler were the officers captured at
Brashear City, La, on the 23d of june 1863,
who, with the addition of Lieutenant Harry
Weston, Of the gunboat Diana than whom a
drawer never lived, numbered seyenty-six.
We were kept in the old IT, S. courthouse until
September, when We were taken TO Camp Ford,
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and chief of cavalry in the Army Of the Ten
nessee
/ have reported this neglected grave to Su-
perintendent Doolittle, of the National Gene
terry at PiUtsburg Landing, and the soldiers
remains win, doubtless, be removed either to
the Shiloh Cemetery or to that at Corinth.
Respectfully, L. COTTON,
Chaplain of 129th Illinois Inf.
PURDY Tenn