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The Portland daily press., 1884-11-15
PORTLAND RINK OPENING TONIGHT

Tonight Mr. Howard Knowlton will open to tie
public the rink in Storers block the season of
1SS4-S5. He has made many changes there and
improved it In many respects a liberal use of
paint has frightened thin gs wonderfully and new
decoration add 10 the effect. The railing near the
entrance has been removed and the door cut nearer
the the turn at the lower end is great deal
easier new band stand is one of the improve
back out of the way he walls are hung wi, nc
lures aud the ladies' room is neatly cArpeted and
furnished. The elevator will run every night and
every convenience will be introduced. Mr.. Henry
Hammett viii act as aid and mauy other faces Ia
miliar to skaters will be among The employees.
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MUSIC AND DIANA.
THE PEOPLES III. nArRE.

ssOver the Garden Wall the Knights new COM
edy is in which that talented couple said to
have full play for their versatile powers. The plot
is light, and the piece brimfu Of fun from begin
Mug to END. he situations are lawfully concal y
..Our Secretary will be- presented on both
nings. Monday and Tuesday next. The tickets are
ready at the box office.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-15
Il. WRIGHT,

N7v' 11l1
Health LIT Room, 203 Middle St., Portland,
Me
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They Should Co Hand-in-Hand.

1t must be evident, we think, to every one
who has watched the development of the
National Order of Woman's Relief Corps
from its humble beginnings at Denver, last
summer, to its present fair proportions, that
the Order is destined to fill place second
only in usefulness to that of the Grand
Army itself From all quarters reports
reach Us of the benefcent effect which the
establishment of these Corps has had upon
the prosperity of the various Posts to which
they are auxiliary, and we are in daily re-
ceipt of requests for charters and instrue-
tons for organization of new Corps in
almost every Department. Rapid, however,
as has been the growth Of the Order, there
are many of our comrades, we regret to say,
vino still seem to be insensible to the value
of such an auxiliary in Post work, and who,
as yet, have taken no step to avail them
selves Of its help. In most cases, doubtless,
this is due to lack of acquaintance with the
methods of work employed by the Corps
and the practical advantages resulting from
their establishment, and, for that reason. we
believe it important that through some OIL
cial channel the desirability of organizing
an auxiliary in connection with each Post
should be brought to their attention. Among
the reasons that might be urged therefor are
the following: First. The practical aid
which they offer, alike in the raising of
funds for Post charities and the iudicious
dispensation of the same Aside from the
contributions of individual members the only
resource which Posts possess to repIenish
their relief funds is that of an appeal to the
general public, aud it has been found by
experience that the most successful mode of
making this appeal is by means of public
entertainments of various descriptions.
To make these entertainments attrac-
tive, however, it is essential 10 have the
aid of the ladies, and in cases where no
organization of the latter exists it has been
found extremely difficult to interest them in
the work, while, on the contrary, it is the
universal experience with Posts which euiey
the help of well-organized auxiliaries that
it is quite easy to get up almost any sort of
a public entertainment, from concert to
dramatic performance. Quite as useful, too,
are Relief Corps in the dispensas;on eff
charity, and through their exertions hun
drcds Of cases of suffering and distress, that
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RonrRr Rr.rn

THE Missouri Department Encampmeat
meets to-day at st. Louis and VIII unqaes-
tionably be the most imposing gathering Of
veterans that has ever assembled in that
city. During the past year, the Grand
Army, as already noted in these columns,
has made wonderful gains in this De-
partment, and the State of Missouri,
which was long thought to be field in
which it would be impossible for the Order
to gain foothold, now promises to occupy
place in the front rank of soldier States.
The truth is that the loyalty of Missouri has
always been underrated and the strength of
the soldier element within her borders is
only just beginning to declare itself Com
mander Warner and Assistant Adjutant-
General Pease are to be heartily cOngratu-
lated on the years work; they have fought
the good fight and kept the faith.
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CONTENTS THIS WEEK.

1st PaEe.-oen. o. O. Towards Personal Rent
nisecnccs OF the War: After An;ie1aln. Saving
tie AaalOnt on the thlciS3ssoininy.-Ghe Shiloh
campaign: Tie sabbath Stiffness Broken BY a
Sannon-sh0t.-Col koes New Story: The
Gray aud the Blue
Sd Page.-Continuation Of The Gray and the
Blue-Ioyal W0man's Work: success in Life
-0ur Young Recruits = Relief Corps Work
AL Along the IiDe.-Decoration Day IN New
orleans--ArTny Of the Potomac.-t5en. Grant
ana the Confederate Veterans TIo.ne-That
Uncompieted Denver Soldiers Rosfer-AIe-
nlOIIA- u the Mar.-Reunioa Of tne 9th IT. >
Cavalry Veteran Infantry Company. Sons Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of the Relief Corps al
Meaomonie. Mis.-2eHnion Of the asfh New
ton.
ID Page Terrible Revenge. An Incident Of
ilie Rattle 81 S0herIBo.-I'oetry: The Three
Graces -Ninistering Anres.-R Ricketts, Bat
terry Al Fair Gaizs.-Unoer the Fire of the
Swamp Angeis--Relieved by the Rebels
Price Retreat from Mi-sour.-A Hard Road
70 IFavel--Col. Ls!es' Brigade az Fredericks-
burg Oar Rural Topics Advertisements
Alb PaSe--Editoriais: Shall We Have Soldier
5'rssiae;li = Justice Tor Our Ex-Psisoners-
Make the Post Room Attractiye-A Preposter-
ons Proceeding Editorial Paragrapls.-New
- fui&tl.iiors
9th PaEe.-Doings Of Congress: The Blair Edu-
tioBai Ill Passes the Senate. - Pitll OF the
News Capital T0fics-Crimes and Casualties
-l,crs nal ana Poitical-Financial and Indus
tlai--sh@ cyclone Season.-The Old World
The ONO ltleciions-A advertisements.
Bth Fage.-The Grand Army: Our PHILADELPHIA
l1ettef--A hen the National Encempasent Wiil
4ieei.-De5zrtnenf SezVs--Ad rgTiisemenfs.
9TH PaSe.-fsghting Them Over Gen Grants
Trip Through Aflsssss 4,,,i In Iss2ie Gil It,,.-a
az Pea Elage-Burnssaes Men-The ExIyedi-
ton AaAllst Mobiie-Afier the Sicge-The 2g7fh
pennsylvania al Pciersbarg-The Death of Col
Iosrcnee-OHe Of Gen. Buffers Famous Or
dpfs--lhe Question Squad.-AnsweEs TO Cor
esPondenfs.-A Advertisements
18th PaSe.-saying The Nation continued from
lst Fage3.-1he shiloh Campaign continued
from Isl p4ge).-Advertisegnea
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Make the Post Room Attractiver

One of the first essentials to the success of
Grand Army Post is an attractive Post
room. Whateyerthe exterior appearance Of
the hall may be, the interior should always
be bright and cheerful To make it SO re-
quires no lavish expenditure of money, but
it does involve the exercise of good taste
For this reason the furnishing of Post
room ought not 10 be left to Tom, Dick and
Harry, but should be intrusted to comrades
of judgment and experience. It is always
easy TO arrange some sort of entertainment.
by means of which a snug little sum of
money can be raised for the purpose, and
with even very small amount great deal
can be done in the way of making Post
room attractive In these days of cheap yet
artistic furniture, it is possible to equip a
Post hall at small expense and yet with
regard for beauty of design, provided only
that the selection be made by competent
persons, and it is wonderful how easily a
bare and uninyiting room can be trans
formed into cosy and CHEEKY apartment
thereby. The furniture once selected, care
should be taken to provide carpet or mat
ting Of some pretty pattern that will light
up well and not tantalize the eye with hid
eous geometrical figures or grotesque floral
devices. This done, it viii only be neces-
sary TO secure few engrayings of battle
scenes with which to adorn the walls in
order TO have Post hall of which
any comrade might be proud. OF
course, the work of establishment
need not and should not stop here. Every
Post should have bookcase, and at least
the nucleus of war library for purposes of
reference, if not for the entertainment of its
members, and, with little effort, in many
cases an interesting collection of war relics
c0uld be added. Nearly every veteran is
pretty sure to have in his possession some
precious memento of his army life, and these
treasures, if gathered together and properly
arranged, would greatly increase the attract
| iveness of>Post rooms. The truth is. that
| the more comfortable and pleasant these
rooms are made, the more likely comrades
will be to be regular III their attendance.
and the more active viii be their interest in
| Post work It is true that such is the en-
| thusiasm which pefvades the Grand Army
in some sections that no matter how bleak
and cherries the hall III which the mem
bers met, the spirit of fraternity would
make its influence felt, but the more con-
genial the surroundings, as rule, the heart
Ter is apt to be the comradeship. A Post
whose members at the start take pride in
identifying and adorning their hail. is pretty
/ sure to thrive ana flourish, for then each
comrade has an interest in maintaining its
reputation.
Some of our readers may, perhaps, be dis
posed to regard this as q small matter; but
nothing, in our judgment, that will tend to
enhance the pleasure which members of the
Grand Army derive from their connection
with the Order and heilhte the interest
which they feel in it, ought to be neglected.
| IF the Order is to maintain the proud posi-
J ton which 1t occupies to day, it mist util-
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otherwise must haze escaped the attention
of our comrades, have been relieved.

otherwise must hate escaped the attention
OF our comrades have been relieved.
Another most important reason for the
establishment of Relief Corps is the effect
which they invariably have in bringing
Grand Army Posts into closer and more
friendly relations with the community at
large. They serve to quicken public appre-
citation alike of the objects of the Grand
Army and character of the men who COM
lose 1t, and they are instrumental in remoy-
ing the prejudices which in some sections
are entertained against the Order, and in
securing for them the hearty cooperation
and sympathy of the general public. In
fact, their influence reacts upon the Grand
Army itself by stimulating the interest
which the members themselves take in this
work, and adds to the pleasure which they
derive from it. 1t is worthy Of note that no
Post which has enjoyed the aid and support
OF Woman's Relief Corps has ever been
known to surrender its charter, and we be-
lieve that the time is not far distant when the
Woman's Relief Corps win be recognized as
essential to the welfare of the Grand Army
We trust that the commanders of the vari-
Gus Departments viii lend themselves
heartily to the work of establishing Relief
Corps in connection with every Post
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NOTWITHSTANDING the long and fire.
auently acrimonious debate in the Senate
over the Blair educational bill, when a vote
came to be taken on Monday it passed by
an overwhelming majority, modified only
in such respects as seemed likely the more
effectually to accomplish its object. The nine
Democratic Senators who voted against the
measure did so on what they pr0fessed to
believe sound constitutional grounds, while
of the two Republicans who went with them
on the division, one-Senator HawIey, of
Connecticut gave, as reason for dissenting.
the opinion that the fund would prove q
temptation to waste and corruption. Really,
the most interesting result that has followed
lrem the agitation of this measure, is the
disclosure of the fact that the Democratic as
well as Republican Senators are now dis
posed to construe the general welfare ,,
clause of the Constitution as comforting
upon Congress almost unlimited powers of
legislation. Senator Vest was so disguised
with this abandonment of old State Rights,
doctrines that he declared he would never
again ask anybody ON his side of the chamber
to support him in any appeal to the Consti-
tuition. So, at last, the ghost that ever since
the war has at intervals stalked through
the halls of Congress is laid at lastl
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securing as the nominee of the Republican
party candidate of whose fidelity they can
be certain under all circumstances, they
cannot do better than use their influence for
the nomination of John A. Logan; but,
whatever they do, let them bear in mind
that this is a soldiers year, and the exigency
of the hour demands soldiers candidate.
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70 TIE BATTLE, AND Eos
WIDOW AND ORPHANS. So ABRAi4ER LIEcoln.
az VALIDITY TIE PUBLIC TIE UNITED
SThTEs, AUTHORIZED Law. INCLUDING DERTs EcURRED so
PENSIONS ARD BoUnTIgs FOR SERVICES ~ SUP
PRESSING EsUsREcTloN or REBELLION NOT 81 CUES
1okfo $50 Z, Art. XIV CONSTITUTION OF TIE UNITED
STATes.
coGsg5ER PkpER DEVOTED 70 TIE INTER-
TIE SOLDER COUNTRY EARNESTLY
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PsyL NsEOeRyooRT,
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We are glad to note that memorials are
pouring in on Congress from Grand Army
Posts in every part Of the country urging
The adoption Of the Pension Committees
recommendations They are certain to have
q most wholesome effect on the course of
pension legislation Congress can scarcely
refuse to give its assent TO propositions SO
eminently just and reasonable as these.
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TIE number Of pension certificates issued
and signed during the week ending April
g. 1854, were as follows: Original, s24;
increase, 746; reissue, 80; restoration, 81;
duplicate, -; arrears o; accrued pensions,
81; pensions under act of March 3, 1888,
%; total, 1915.
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II IS announced from Headquarters that
tie eighteenth annual session of the Ma
tional Encamplaent Of the Grand Army
VIII convene at Minneapolis, Mimi, on
Wednesday. July I'd.
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STATE SENATOR c. 3. Hunt, Of Iowa.
writes ms that the bill, printed in our last
issue entitled AAn ACT to exempt from judi
cial sale the pension money paid TO any
person by the United States Government
and certain of the proceeds and accumula-
ICONS thereof passed the Senate on February
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TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. G. APRIL 10. 1884

TO any person who viii send us
a club of ten new subscribers TO
THE TRIBUNE We VIII present
a new Waterbury watch, inelosed
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ELSEWHERE We publish letter from
General Grant cordially indorsing the move
mcnt TO establish home for Confederate
veterans. How sad it is to reflect that when
he had an opportunity 10 show as much con-
sideration for our own veterans by approving
the equalization Of bounties act he allowed
It 70 escape him.
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25th and the House on March 18th, and is
now a law. Some such measure as this
ought to be enacted in every State where
existing law does not sufficiently protect
pensioners interests.
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The chairman of the House Committee
on Pensions is Representative Goldsmith
". Hewitt, of Alabama. lie is lawyer by
profession, but at the outbreak Of the war
enlisted as a private in the Confederate
army, was promoted to captaincy year
later, and at the battle of Chickamauga was
severely wounded At the close of HOSTILE,
ties he entered political life, and after sew
erai years service in the Legislature of his
native State was elected to the Forty-fourth
Congress, and has served three terms as
member of that body. During the second
session of the Forty-fifth Congress Mr.
Hewitt submitted a report (No. ca on a
pension case, in the course of which he
gave what we have ever since regarded as
the clearest, most accurate, and most COM
prehensiye definition of what a pension
really is that has ever been recorded. 1t is
as follows:
The pensions of soldiers disabled in the line of
duty are IN no sense gratgity, bus supported
by contract made by the Government with them
at the date of their enlistment that if disabled they
should have pension. The consideration is the
service and blood OF the soldier. The parties were
competent to contract The subjeet-matter of the
contract was neither in contravention of law
OF public policy. but was expressly authorized by
law and promotive of the public good. 1t has
cry ingredient Of contract as defined by all the
law books. The pension was predicated the
sole condition of the soldiers disability In the line
of duty. and upon the happening of which condi-
ton the engagement of the Government became a
perfect vested right, and the property of the
soldier as much as any bond which he may have
held on the Government or other chooses IN action
which he may have owned.
Ii our Senators and Representatives would
but bear in mind this distinction between a
gratuity and pension they would find it a
comparatively easy matter to determine
what the character of future pension legis-
lation should be. All that our veterans
demand is that the Government shall fuIflg
its contract.
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The Centaur Company, 1S2 Fulton street,
New York, which oilers TO send a set ef good
black dosainoes TO any address, on receipt OF
nine ceats in postage stamps, IS . thoroughly
reliable aoase. Is VIII send the dominoes surs.
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IT viii be seen from the following letter,
written in reply to an interrogatory as to
whether it is within the discretion of Grand
Army Posts to vote money from the Post
treasury in aid of any ex Confederate So
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ciety, that Chief Beath en-
tertains the same opinion in regard to tho
matter as THE TRIBUNE:
HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE REruprrc
l202 CHEsrxUT Sr,
PHILADELPHIA March 81 1854
DEAR sIR AND CoNKADE: In reply 70 your I'M
quiry would state it has been officially decided
that Posts Of the Grand Army OF the Republic can
not legally vote moneys from the Post treasury for
the of any Confederate society; that whilss
there he no restriction on any individual menu
Der in giving from his own funds to such purposes
as he sees proper, of a number of comrades CON-
bining in the same direction yet Post funds muss
be used only for Post purposes or in behalf Of the
objects of the Grand Army of the Republic; the
first covering the necessary or incidental expenses
and the second, To assist such former conraacs-i
arms as need help and protection, and 10 extend
needful aid to the widows and orphans Of those
who have fallen.
Yours, very truly, ROBERT b BsArH.
Commander-in-C Chief c. A. r
Of course, there is nothing in this decis-
ion to hinder a eomrade from contributing
of his own personal means 20 the aid of such
an enterprise as the proposed Confederate
Veterans Home in that event the only
question for him to consider would be
whether or not there were charities at home
more deserving of his assistance.
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PIrTsEURG Pa, October 30th.-A private dis
patch from Fayette City, Fayette county states
that Il fire broke out this morning and the town
was threatened with destruction. Fayette is
mining town of some importance.
PROVIDENCE October 30th.-The villa of Mrs.
Mary c. Holmes, of New YORK. at Newport, was
burned this morning. Loss. so 600; insured