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The National Tribune in Eur0pe,

To THE EDITOR: l have sent several of the
sample copies of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE YOU
forwarded me to my friends in Great Britain,
and have received assurances that it has been
received with great pleasure by them. The
idea of soldiers paper was novel to them,
but glance through your columns at once salts
fed them, and opened their eyes to the magni-
tude of the work you are doing for the soldier
and his friends. Its elevated moral tone, without
any cOarseness or ulgarity, and its adaptabilitY
to the family circle has given them the idea
that if such paper is popular in America as a
soldier paper, the soldiers themselves must
have been of q corresponding character. One
of the copies went to an old comrade now
a resident of Scotland, and subject of Queen
Victoria, Mr.. Jno. w. McEwen, late Sergeant of
Co. III, 65th ILL.,, now of Gallashiels, Roxbury-
shire, Scotland
Comrade McEwen had visited relatives and
army comrades in this country, and on his re-
turn gathered together his old war trappings-
his trusty rifle and accouterments. knapsack,
canteen, etc, and had them boxed and was tax
ing them home as mementos of old times.
All went well until the vessel reached
GreenOck, when all, of course, had to run the
gantlet of the customs authorities, and as
everything and everybody of a suspicious look
was closely scrutinized-dynamitea aud its uses
being objects of special interest-the comrade
was not lost sight of. The Sergeants box,
although his piece had been dismantled, had
rather an ominous look, and when the customs
official asked him what it contained and was
told, he was btanked--. Ordered the Sergeant
to open the box, firmly believing, verify be-
iieve, that he had caught regular dynamiter.
John opened his box with all the gravity in
the world, and when the old battered rifle, well
rusted, the canteen, haversack, and portions of
the worn and faded uniform came out, there
was no more doubling the story of Sergt
John McEwen. The official rid himself of his
embarrassment by saying, Well, Sergeant. you
must be dangerous man." while hearty cheer
went up for the British 'AmeTieaa Union soldier"
and do not believe there was subject of Queen
Victoria present whose blood did not tingle
with admiration for the noble fellow. Z. &.
PATTEN, Hornellsviile, n. Y.
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WASHINGTON THURSDAY,

eastern cellar; it was he who made the rope
ladder,-in fact he executed little ingeni-
GUS devices too numerous to mention here.
His work was altogether Indispensable to the
success of the scheme! For the organizing of
the bands for work or any other adventure
for the ssignment of the details and the
instruction of the MEN, am obliged to take
the credit to myself. There was no other
leader in the whole affair
1t will be seen that / have not attempted to
go into the details Of the history of the tunnel
any further than to draw an outline of the
matter that will do justice to my comrades
THOMAS E. ROSE, Colonel, nth Pa, Pittsburg,
Do
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He Does Not Want the Space Devoted to " Fight.
Ing Them Oyrr' CurtRiled.

To THE EDITOR: While | indorse fully all
that John K. Duke whose communication APP
peared in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE of April
Ii, says in regard to the Grand Army and
would vote aye in favor of building up the
GAR, yet | would talk vehemently for an
hour and dance all over the room to prevent
your curtaiing one single line of the space
now devoted to Fighting Them Over"
There is u vast amount of valuable history
in that department that will be forever
lost If it does not appear in your columns
1t was Oh account of those valuable historical
sketches that succeeded in getting THE TRIB.
UNE on file in the Wisconsin State Historical
Society. and many other historical societies
may also have it. The Duke" says it " can
only be interesting to few" No so. 1t is in
teresting to many thousands and deeply inter-
esting, too l only wish THE TRIBUNE was
published in pamphlet form so as to be more
readily bound and preserved for our children's
children to read when the Duke" and are
both dead and forgotten. No, no! beseech
of you to never curtail one solitary line OF that
valuable space for any purpose.-E. R. REED,
Madison, Wis
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Another Endorsement for Cant. Marsh.

To THE EDITOR: l see that Capt. Marsh is
being urged by many old soldiers for the Mar
shalshipof Northern Illinois. / wish also to add
my voice in his behalf, believing that four
years and over of service with him would give
me chance to know something of his merits.
We were privates together served as Sergeants
together and us commissioned officers together,
and believe no more conscientious, prompt or
brave man served in our army, and l firmly
believe no better man could be found for tho
office designated NJ. lIANEY, First Lieu.
tenant, Co. E, 10th H., Bellevue, Iowa.
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am an old man. For 2s years suffered with ulcers
my right leg The result of typhoid fever. Amputa-
suggested the only preserving life.
The doctors could do nothing for and thought must
die For three years never had shoe Swtts Spe-
cifc has made permanent and added ten years to
my life.
WV. r. REED, Hall Co., Ga.
have taken Swift's Specific for blood poison con-
trscted at a medical college dissection, while
medical student. grateful 20 say that it gave q
speedy and thorough after my parents had spent
hundreds Of dollars for treatment.
AUGUSTUS wendell, N. D., Newark. M.
NV wife from early grlhoOd has been suffering from
rheumatism She has tried many remedies, and must
frankly say has derived benefit from SSiits Spe
cc than from all the Others, after long and faithful
trial.
REV. JAS L. PIERCE, Oxford, Ga
svfts Specific Is entirely vegetable Treatise on Blood
and skin Diseases mailed free
THE SWIFT Specific Co.. Drawer 8. Atlanta, Ga, 90
I69 ". Esd ST., ". y.
Mention The National Tys19nA
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COnsumptfo, Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice, hav-
ing had placed in his hands by an East India
missionary the formula of simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of
Consumption. Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and
all Throat and Lung Affections, also positive
and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all
Nervous Complaints, after having tested it's
wonderful curative powers in thousands of
cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to
his suffering fellows. Aetuated by this motive
and desire to relieve human suffering, will
send free Of charge, to all who desire it, this
recipe, in German, French or English. with full
directions for prepari.u and using. Sent by
mail by addressing VITA stamp, naming this
paper, w. A. MOVES, 149 Power's Block, Roches-
ter, NJ Y
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To THE EDITOR: / read in your valuable
paper several statements concerning the adj
vance on Raleigh, N. G. Now, my recollec-
ton of the case is rs follows: When we were
about so miles from Raleigh it was reported
that the brigade that would get into the city
first should remain to do garrison duty, and
from that time ON the movement OF the army
was rapid. On the morning of the surrender
the First Brigade, First Division, Fourteenth
Corps. had the advance, and my regiment (tho
33d Ohio had the advance of the brigade, the
Twentieth Corps being on our left, and all try
ing to get there first, and l know that we had
to double-Guick about so rods to get the right
OF way ahead of the Twentieth Corps the roads
having come together about two miles from the
city, and we had gained the right of the adj
vance. The road was INSTRUCTED by Gen. Kill
patrick s cavalry, which had broken down
bridge. We had therefore, to wait until the
bridge was repaired and the remainder of the
cavalry had crossed over Then the 33d Ohio,
having the advance, came next, and then the
remainder of the First Brigade, and after we
crossed over the bridge we found quite a namber
OF the cavalry cOrraled, but they soon mounted,
and the forward movement began, the cavalry
taking the advance right and left and we the
main road to the State House. The 33d was
the first to enter the State House yard, filing to
tho left of the walk, the SSth Ind. next, to the
right of the walk, and the 42d Mich next. |
do not know who took the flag off the State
House or who raised our flag on it, for there
was considerable disputing about it during the
day while we were occupying the house and
yard. TO make good my assertion that my
regiment and brigade were tho first in, will
prove itself by the simple fact that we held the
premises until all the troops had passed through
the city, from about 8 o'clock in the morning
until IL o'clock the next day.-A. ID. slime.
Burgoon, o.
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AnderSOnyilie,

To THE EDITOR: Was not the removal of
prisoners of from Richmond and other
prisons to Audersonville, Ga, deliberate plan
on the part of JEFF Davis and Others to murder
by slow degrees said prisoners? | am led to
this conclusion from the following facts: Dur
ing the month of December, 1868, and January
and part of February, 1864, was confined in
the Pemberton Building, Richmond, Va. Dur
ing part of that time negotiations had been
going on between the Government and the
rebel authorities for the exchange of prisoners
The rebels refused to exchange colOred men
who had been found in arms against them.
Then, as we learned through the Richmond
papers, Davis & Co. set about to bring the Gov
eminent to terms Richmond paper an
nOunced tho failure to exchange prisoners, and
added that Davis had sent an agent South to
select new prison, where most of the prisoners
in the hands of the Confederatcs could be kept
with safety and the least expense to the Con-
federacy. In short time that agent reported,
and the papers announced that the place Sc
lected was SO miles south of Macon, Ga. In
commenting on the selection, one of the papers
used the following language, as near as l can
recollect: The camp selected by, l think,
Gen. Winder] is in a swampy region in South
ern Georgia. Being situated where it is, the
climate will be very unhealthy for the Yam
KEGS, and we predict that they will die off like
sheep with the rot. The Yankee Government
has had fair warning, and if they will not ex-
change they may expect their soldiers to die
of by the thousands il the pestilential swamps
Of the South"
Now, | take it, this was Davis's way Of retail
ating-a deliberate plan TO get rid OF as many
Yankees as possible. How well he succeeded
the cemetery at Andersonvile and those that
came out as wrecks of humanity will testify.
Yet that high-handed murderer is still held in
high esteem by many in the South and not a
few in the NOrth.-T. a. GOssETT, Milo, Ind.
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The 18th Massachusetts at Gettysbar..

To THE EDITOR: have been much inter-
ested in reading "Carleton's" account of the
first days fight at Gettysburg. l was in the
18th Mass. and we occupied the right of the
First Corps. The company with which was
connected was Co. A, color company of the regi-
ment at that time, and the Sergeant who was
killed early in the fight was Roland G. Morris,
originally member of Co. c. Carleton &"
calls him Serg't Harris. OF the color-guard
only Serg't David Sloss was uninjured. He
belonged to Co. b, and proved himself very
brave fellow on that day. The National flag
went down as many as seven times that after
noon, but not for long. 1t was soon borne aloft
again. There was sunken road directly in
front of our position. and a lot of Georgia men
gave us a hard peppering for time, as they
could see us plainly and they were protected.
After awhile Serg't Sloss said: Boys, let us go
for Them" and we went. 1t seemed to US that
the order to retreat was long delayed, and
when it came the troops of Eweli We're very
near to us, and it did not seem likely that any
OF us would escape. We were a dlsorganzed
mass as We slowly crowded back along the
north side of the railroad elnbankment in plain
sight of a splendid rebel line OF battle. They
did not seem TO advance much, and were evil
IDENTIFY expecting that We would be- headed off
by some rebels in the town and beyond. That
night at roll-call of Co. A Including color
guard) five men answered to their names.
Twenty-four were killed, wounded and missing.
The whole regiment and division and, in fact,
tho whole of the First Corps, was served in about
the same way.-W. S. KIMBALL, Enfield, Mass.
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Is there no balm in Gilead 2

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as before and no man was permitted to do but
one kind of work. If he was not an expert at
the kind of work assigned to him he was en-
joined upon to become so as quickly as possible
This party now worked with energy and sys-
TEN, and, although their work progressed very
slowly at first, it increased each night, and in
IL nights tho tunnel was completed from the
cellar to the shed in the yard on the west side
| of the warehouse, from which the escape Of the
prisoners was easily made.
To this band of men, and to no other person
or persons, is the credit of the Libby Prison
tunnel due. It was this band Of men, headed
by myself, which first escaped on the 9th of
February, 1864, and was long gone from Rich
mond, Va, before any other prisoners escaped.
| Their names are as follows: Col Thomas f.
Rose, 18th Pa Capt. A. G. Hamilton, 10Th Ky.
Cav; Capt. Terrence Clarke, 18th H.; Maj.
George II. Fitzsmmons, Both Ind; Capt. John
| +. Gallagher, I'd Ohio; Capt. w. =. B. Randall,
| I'd Ohio; Capt. John Lucas, 9Th KY; Capt. !. N.
johnson, 9th KY; Maj. b. b. Mcdonald, 1O1st
Ohio; Lieut. N. S. McKeen, 2lst Ill., Lieut..
David Garbett, nth Pa; Lieut.. J. G. Fislar,
| 9TH Ind. Art; Lieut. John d. Simpson, 10th
| Ind; Lieut.. John Mitchell, 10Th H., and
| Lieut.. Eli Foster, Both Ind. There are two of
| the above named men, am informed, who have
| "sOld their birthrigbt for a mess Of pottage,"
| and whose names do not deserve to appear in
connection with those of honorable men; but
| this statement would not be true if their names
were omitted, and the publication of truth is
| the object of this article There are, besides
| the above. two men whose names it would be
proper to mention in this letter. Lieut.. F. F.
| Bennett, 18th Inf, on one occasion assisted
Hamilton in rescuing me from perilous posi-
ton while at this work. Capt. John Sterling,
Both, frequently furnished the party with ropes
| and candles which we used in the tunnel, he
| having money to procure these things Both
these men belonged to the first party Of work.
men, but did not belong to the second. To A.
| G. Hamilton belongs the credit Of having done
| all the work that required great care and me-
| chanical ingenuity. 1t was he who cnt the
hole from the dining room to the celebrated
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Personal Incident,

There are some scraps of history we
occasionally meet floating round in the
newspapers that are Of interest and will
bear repeating. 1t has been & long time
since the following incident occurred, but
as II is not fiction but fact, 1t Ia pmbalm.
ed in the truth Of history, aud will be
repeated by tho coming generations
especially of this State where it occurred.
The writer of this knew Mr.. Jordan we'll,
and studied law with him in the Office oi
Leitner d Vernon in Spartanburg in
l842. He was poor young man, but
earnest, energetic and ambitious, and was
Dobly battling with adverse circumstan.
ces, and fighting his way to eminence
and distinction. He won both wealth
and fame and reached tho position OF
Attorney General Of Arkansas. Joseph
E. Brown, the other party 10 the transac.
tion, is now United States Senator from
Georgia, and perhaps the wealthiest man
In tho State. The following appeared In
the Little Itock Gazette, soon after the
death of Mr.. Jordan, which occurred a
fow years since.
"Tho lato Pleasant Jordan, of this city,
who was at one time Attorney General
of the State, used to tell characteristic
story Of Mr.. Brown. Mr. Jordan was at
one time, in his early years country
school teacher in South Carolina, earning
means to prosecute his purpose Of study
ing law. One day there came to his
school house lean, guant, ungainly
youth, in possession Of pair of young
steers, representing the sum total of his
worldly stofas. 6 Heinformed Mr.. Jordan
that he waatedto enter his school, but
had no money or property except the
two steers, which he had driven ic from
a,considerabie distance.
With the aid of Mr.. Jordan, the young
man succeeded ia disposing of the steers
for money enough to pay for his tuition
for one session, while kind hearted
planter in the neighborhood volunteered
% board him, gratis.5 He fatarted from
thesvery rudimep: s Of the spelling book,
and made ereditable progress At the
end of tho session tho two separated,
Mr.. Jordan entering the Office of a prom.
inent lawyer of Spartanburg, and the
young man was going elsewhere to seek
hts foftunes. Some years afleywnrda Mr..
Jordan. whe ehad immigrated To- Arkansas,
beeatlieta prominent lawyer of our State,
and was elected to the position of Attor.
ney General, and about the same time
that gawky boy, whose name was Joseph
2. Brown, was elected Governor of
Georgia"
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A Noble Offering.

The superintendent Of one OF the
street car railways leading lodt of New
York into the country, told touching
story to friend the other day which
found its way into city paper:
+ Sitting alone in his Office, one day, q
strange gentleman entered, who proved
to be an officer in the army. He carried
q little box In his hand. After some
hesitation, he said, conqueripg great
agitation
Il have favor to ask you. I had q
little boy, and I've lost him. He was
oil the world to mo. When he was alive,
my wife used to search my pockets every
night. ahdFwhatever loose chnnge tsho
found, ) she would pat away for the baby.
Well, he's gone. Here is the box. We
titled The matter over, and came 10 the
conclusion we could not do better than
to bring the money to you 10 pay the
fares OF poor, sick children out Of town
during the summer. It would please
him TO know that he Is helping to save
tho lives Of pthere pporf children. AB
0ncn as the bog lsAeiopgy, we will Oil fit.
While we live, we will keep up the bank"
Tho box has been twice emptied and
filed, and thundteds ,sof sickI or dying
children have owed to this dead baby
their one breath of freah air this sum,
mer. ls 5f,3ts:
How much more tender, aud true 10
such q memorial of the beloved dead,
than n preteniions monument, or even q
painted church window, beautiful though
tlseyybe. fn EpglandT L. is frequent
practice 10 build and furnish o life saving
station Oh the coast, iii remembrance oi
friend who is gone, and, In this country,
memorial beds ia hospitals are bee6hing
2 ,isnal way of keeping In memory those
We have lost. ~. i. t.y..I .s.,i...;.g.5s
Surely. II the dead can look; back on
earth, they are better pleased 20 knoa
that Kind, living deeds are done in their
name, theu To- soc them cmblazoned on
cold stone in forgotten grave yards
Youfhs C6mpanioa.
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Southern Hen In the Union Army.

G The New: York Eceaiag Post has ex.
smine1s the statistics Of the deaths in the
Union army dudug the Confederate war
and Obtained results that will surprise
nine out OF every ten readers.
The first discovery is that Delaware. a
slave State, furnished larger number Of
troops 10 the Union army, in proportion
to her available military population,
than any other State in any part of the
equity lThe other border States did
nnehhy as badly, or, as the Rost puts it,
nearly as weIl." Maryland had 5o,slG
men in the Union army. Kentucky had
79,02J and Missouri I09llI. West Vir.
ginia gave 81, ,0G8 soldiers 10 the Union
army and East Tennessee 81 ,O92. Alto
Eether, these six Southern States contri.
buted 315 ,2S2 nen to the defence Of the
Union, willis 23.045 came from other
Southern States, making q grand total Of
338, 1927 from that part Of tie country in
which slavery existed.
1t appears that almost one eighth of
the Union army came from tho South
and the I'Ost thinks that it is hardly too
much TO say that the Natioual cause
could not have triumphed without this
help. 1t says :s"With Considerably more
than 100000 meh taken from the fight.
ing force for the Union, and given to tho
Contedcracy, the success of the Federal
Government could hardly have been
hoped for" Even if over one hundred
thousand "'colored troops" cames from
the Southern States, the ex. .Confederates
have the melancholy satisfaction Of
knowing that 1t was the goo .O0U white
men whom the border States contributed
tc the Union cause who broke the back
of the Confederacy. Had the South
really been solid, the Moth would have
oeen defeated.
The conduct Of the Union men in the
Border States is additional proof that the
war was not fought by the North for the
abolition of slavery. The Sontherners
whc went into the Union army came
from slaveholding States, and were az
deeply Interested in slave property az
the soldiers in the Confederate army
were. 1t is hardly likely that they would
have tnken up arms for the abolition Of
slavery, which meant to them the loss OF
O large part of their own property, oT
that Of tlIeir reiatives and friends. They
fought for the Union, and not for the
slaves. s.-Mc,cs and Courier.