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Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-07-11

The insult offered the American Flag
in the state of Utah on the 18th of July,
calls for some very decisives action on
the part of the Government, if they al
low the stars and stripes to be insulted
at home what may we expect to happen
to it abroad.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-07-11

The Public Installation of the officers
of the African Grand Lodge of A. F.
and A. NJ. for Iowa, and Jurisdiction,
will be held on the of July 10Th, at
Music Hall cor. of 3rd. and Wabash St.
Admission one dollar, ladies free all are
invited to attend.
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMTS
Minneapolis. St. Paul.
j. l.. Neal, Edmond James.
G. w. Newton, Geo. B. Williams,
W.. johnson, VIM. A. Hilyard,
Jas. K. Hilyard David E. Talbert,
). Z. Todd, Richard Reynolds
No Improper Characters Will be
..sss .. Admitted.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-07-11

Several communications were received
too late for this issue, but will appear in
the next.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-07-11

The Mayor will receive the Grand
Lodge at Market Hall on Thursday af-
ter-noon at three o'clock, the procession
will halt on its march down St. Peter
street to be received by His Honor, after
which they will resume the line Of
march published in another column.
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NOW is THE TIME TO GET
A HOME CHEAP.

Persons DESTROYS of buying home
for themselves will do we'll by calling at
the office of the WESTERN APPEAL before
purchasing Of any other agency--Yo GU
can save money and will find it greatly
to your advantage to examine our list,
which is the most extensive ofany cheap
property there is in the city. This prop
erty is sold to suit the convenience OF
the richer, and there is no reason why
every colored man should not own a
home. We have two lots 4Ox1OO feet in
Stinson, Brown & Ramsey's addition,
cheap small payments down, the balance
in monthly installments. Two corner
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list Of unimproved property. Call and
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Again we call attention Of the city auth
critics to the fact that there is number
OF tramps hanging out in the vicinity Of
sixth street and Minnesota street to the
disgust of every respectable citizen and
the officers should be given strict orders
to have them move on SO that persons
having business in that neighborhood
can attend to it without molestation.
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K
There will be feast in the wilderness
on Monday evening at the Methodist
churchfor the benefit Of the Pastor whose
time is about to expire, let every body
turn out and help them at this time SO
as to enable them to let their minister
go away with a glad heart and if pos
sible full pocket.
The annual meeting of the Pilgrim
Baptist church was held on Monday
evening July sixth.
The following gentlemen were elected
to fill expiring vacancies.
Class No. l. VIM. Stevens.
John Trotter.
Class No. 3. David E. Talbert.
Moses Martin.
Albert Robertson
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-07-11

Game Of baseball played between the
Fort Smelling and Blue Stockings of
Minneapolis, on the Fourth of July, 1885,
game closed in the ninth inning with a
scoIe of Il to Is in favor of the Fort
Smelling club. It is thought best for
Minneapolis to take more practice before
attempting to play the Fort boys again.
| believe they have been left for some
reason three times this season, although
this game was very closely played.
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Entered at St. Paul Post-office as
second class matter.
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WESTERN APPEAL.

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Ho! for fun let everybody go to the
grand Excursion on Aug. LIST.
Take the old folks, young folks -and
the babies, to the Excursion OH Aug. LIST.
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Vice President Hendricks is down
East holding political prayer meetings
for 1888.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Don't fail to see the Colored Exhibit
next week.
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Masonic.

On Tuesday July IA, the African Grand
Lodge of Iowa will meet in St. Paul and
be the guests of Pioneer Lodge No II, Of
St. Paul, and J. K. Hilyard No. 6, of
Minneapolis. The session will be held
in Pioneer Lodge room, No. IL, on jack
son street below Seventh. On Thursday
afternoon, the 10th, there will be street
parade of the Grand Lodge, A. F. and
A. NJ, with an escort of Knights Temp
lar, starting from the hall of Pioneer
Lodge at two o'clock. All Master
Masons, Royal Arch, and knights Temp
lar in good standing, are fraternally
invited to join in the procession. Music
by the Central Cornet Band OF Mime
apolis.
ROUTE OF PROCESSION.
Form on Jackson street, between
Sixth and Seventh, down Jackson to
Seventh, up Seventh to Tenth, over
Tenth to St. Peter, down St. Peter to
Seventh, over Seventh to Seven Corners,
down Third to Jackson, up Jackson to
Hall.
In the evening there will be public
installation of the Grand Officers at
College Hall, corner Third and Wabasha
streets.
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Office, Cor. Third and Cedar SITS.
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Mild Kick from a Cayalryman.

To THE EDITOR: In recent issue of THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE / notice that former
member of the 9Th N. Y. Cav. is inclined to
cast slur upon the conduct of the 22d NY. Cav.
at WaynesbOro in the Spring of 1865, intimat-
ing that the 22d was more anxious to stop and
gather up prisoners after the charge over the
Confederate works than to pursue the flying
enemy and perhaps encounter unknown dan
gers. was at the time a member of Co.E, of
the 22d. didn't think there was much 'fun"
about it while we lay, in the woods to the right
of the pike waiting for orders and ducking our
heads to the shells and railroad iron that the
Confederate batteries treated us to. distinctly
recOllect that at least one battalion of the 22d,
which included E company, under Maj. George
French, followed the COnfederates some five or
six miles through the mountains beyond
Wayncsboro to little place called Greenwood,
where we overlook and captured some 60 or 20
Confederate cavalrymen and reached Waynes-
boro on our return just before dark. 1t was
my misfortune to be almost totally disabled by
a severe attack of rheumatic fever in the early
part of 1864, SO that I missed taking part in
any engagement with my regiment until Sep
tember, 1864, but from that time out was in
every fight in which it participated, and can
bear witness that the old "Two-twOs" did its
full share of the fighting every time. would
be very glad to hear from some member of my
old company, especially Maj. French, through
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, without which
stanch friend of old soldiers should not
know how to get alOng.-SAMUEL L. WELLS
Chaplain, Rowell Post, No. %, WatervilIe,
Oneida Co., N. Y,
The National tribune., 1885-07-09
Death of Bishop Polk.

To TIE EDITOR: Maj.-Gen. Bishop Leonidas
Pelk was killed June IA, 1864, by shell from
q steel gun in the middle section of the 5th Ind
battery, Capt. Peter Simonson. Corp. b. F. Nc.
Collum sighted the piece and Charles NJ. Miller
pulled the lanyard. The battery was in line
directly opposite Pine Mountain, on the point
of which was a rebel redoubt mounting two
guns. We were shelling the rebel lines. Gems
Sherman and Stanley, with their staff officers
and escort, rode near, and, dismounting, came
mp to the battery to reconnoiter. While doing
SO Gen. Sherman called the Captains attention
to group of rebels and said: "Try 'em.'
Three shells were thrown and one of the men
was seen to fall, the shell exploding in their
midst. Two hours after orderly brought
Capt Simonson a message from Gen. Sherman
saying that Polk was killed by that shot. 81.
monson was himself instantly killed two days
after while gallantly fighting his battery on al
most the same ground.-D. III. CHANDLER, 5th
Ind. battery, Xenia, o.
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Harriman's Brigade at Petersburg.

To THE EDITOR: On page 366, in The yir-
ginia Campaign of ga and '65," by A. A. Hum
phrcys, published by Charles Scribners Sons, the
reader is left to infer that only Potter's and
Hartranft's Divisions took part in the assault,
and that the part taken by Wilcox's Division
was "a demonstration against the enemy g
works opposite Fort Stedman." / cannot speak
Is to the other brigades of Wilcox's Division,
but know that Col Sam Harrinan's Brigade
then composed, think, of the 9Th and 9th
Mich, 37th and 3Sth Wis, 5lst Pa, and 109th
N. Y.-charged directly on Fort Malone, and
that no regiment was into the fort sooner than
the 36th Wis I learn that the color-bearers of
one of the Michigan regiments (the 27th)
waived claim of first hosting colors in favor of
the 3sth.-J. f. GLOVER, First Sergeant, Co. F,
3Sth Wis. Sibley, Iowa.
The National tribune., 1885-07-09
The Teche Campaign Again.

To THE EDITOR: In reply to Robert F. Bart
lett, of the 96th Ohio, think that so far as
general good time was concerned in the Teche
campaign, we certainly had it. The country
was abundantly supplied herds of cattle roamed
over the prairies, sweet potatoes were abundant,
hogs were plenty, and herds of Indian ponies
gave us ample exercise. We were furnished by
our Quartermaster two pounds of fresh beef
daily to the man. This, added to what we fur
nished ourselves, gave us abundance. Verify,
we considered it the Land of Promise-a land
flowing with milk and honey. But an unfor-
tunate occurrence took place that cast shade
over the Thirteenth Corps, by which many lost
their lives and about 500 were taken prisoners.
Had it not been for this, the success of the ex-
petition would have been complete.
As the comrade states it, Gen. Burbridge's
Brigade was the rear-guard Of the army on it's
return. On Nov. 3, about noon, their position
was suddenly assailed by Confederate force
and before it was possible for Us (the Third
Division, Thirteenth Corps to get to their as
sistance they had inflicted heavy loss on
Gen. Burbridges Brigade. Never did troops
respond with more readiness to a call for help
than did the Third Division. We had three
miles to go, and think we ran every foot of
that space, but too late for when the Confed-
crates saw our lines sweeping across the prairie
they hastily withdrew. Our division manu-
vered around until about the middle of the
afternoon, but as there was no hopes of over
taking the COnfederates, we returned to our
own camp. Now l come to the point, was not
Gen. Burbridge's Brigade surprised? 1 talked
to many of his men at the time. and am much
mistaken if it was not the universal testimony
that the Confederates were on them before
they knew it. There was prairie ON both sides
of their camp, almost as level as fioo-, and
had the First Brigade, Fourth Division, with
their artillery, been in line of battle st the
edge of the timber, they could have done good
execution on the prairie at the distance of a
mile. The sound of battle would have brought
the Third Division to their rescue in ample
time, and if need, the entire Nineteenth Corps
was at hand ready to go at moments notice.
l regard Comrade Bartlett's letter as good, but
differ with him as to the cause of the disaster.
j. c. HARPER, seth Ohio, Third Div, Thir-
teenth Corps, Limerick, o.
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The First to Cross the River ut Little Rock.

To THE EDITOR: l notice in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE of June ii communication from
Comrade Rowe, I'd Mo. Cav, in regard to the
controversy between Comrades Patterson and
Hastings at to which crossed the Arkansas
River below Rittle Rock first on the morning
of Sept. 10, 1863, and as / too was an eyewit-
ness of the affair, readily concur with Com
rade Rowe's statement. If my memory serves
me right. on the evening of the 9th an effort
was made to dig down the river bank and lay
the pOntoon bridge, but the work was aban-
doned for the evening by the interference of q
rebel battery being stationed on the opposite
bank. During the n ght our battery (25th OhiO)
was stationed a short distance below the graded
bank where they intended to put down the
pontOOn, and concealed from the rebels view by
the standing corn in front of u.s. Just after
daylight a rebel officer and staff rode around
the bend of the river, which was the shape of a
horseshoe, the center being field of dry sand
caused by high water. The officer and his staff
rode around the bend at the waters edge. view
ing the bank. When he passed in front of our
battery he was within pistol shot of us, We be-
ing on a high bank overlooking him. They
passed by US and halted a few minutes and
viewed the bank where an attempt had been
made to put down the bridge. They then rode
directly across the sand to their battery, which
was stationed under cover of some trees on the
opposite bank. Our men then made another
attempt to put down the pontoon, when their
battery again opened fire on them. Imme-
diately battery stationed on the upper or
western bank of the river (whose, / forget, but
think it belonged to Gen. Steele's Division)
opened fire on the rebel battery; at the sound
of their guns our battery opened fire, which
was followed by another Union battery (whose,
l don't remember) stationed on the eastern
curve of the river bank This was sufficient
to silence the rebel battery, and we could see
them distinctly timber up" and start toward
Little Rock on the double-quick. heard
afterwards they reported to Pap Price" at
Little Rock that the river bank was lined for
10 miles with Yankee artillery. The cavalry
then forded the river and started in pursuit.
The pontoon was then put down as soon as pos
sible, and l am quite positive our battery was
the first to cross it, the cavalry being some dis
tance in the advance. /, like Comrade Rowe,
don't believe anyone can remember who or
which was the first to cross the river; and if
they do, don't see any particular honor in it,
any more than an expression of opinion. 1t is
strange how differently persons will see and
understand the same things.-GEoRGE ToMP-
KINs, 25th Ohio Battery, Cleveland, o.
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The cd OF NAV at yicksburC,

To THE EDITOR: While there is probably no
disposition on the part of any comrade to rob
others of hard-earned laurels yet the truth of
history demands that all disputed points should
be cleared up while the actors in those mo-
mentous events are living. We owe this to
ourselves, to our children, to the remotest pos
terity.
That the 21st and god Iowa did valiant
service on that fearful 22d of May, no one who
was there will deny. But they were not alone.
Others were there to endure the hardships and
share the fame of that day. Among these the
brigade commanded by Col. w. j. Landram, of
the 10Th KY, was not the least conspicuous
Comrade A. w. Shumard, of tho 4sth Ohio
states the case exactly as ! saw it. And his
statement is corroborated by others
Two years ago wrote and published his
tory of the 18th Ill. In that work took oc-
casion to insert an extract from the official re-
port of Col. Landram, touching the events of
the day under consideration. In that report
he says: I" AS it was all the men were rushed
PEELED to stand for nine hours under the hottest
fire I ever witnessed. All the troops of the
brigade, with the exception of few skulkers,
behaved with the greatest gallantry The flag
of the 77th Ill. (COl. d. p. Grier) was the first
raised upon the large fort in our 'front.' and the
two flags of that regiment, together with that
of the 4Sth Ohio, were the only ones raised upon
the fort. The flag of the 130th Ill was planted
in the ground within about 10 feet of the fort.
am confident that no troops ever fought better or
behaved more nobly than those OF. this brigade.
l cannot speak too highly in praise of
Col Grier and his noble regiment. Their loss
was la in single day. BY this determined
resistance we were enabled to hold the ground
we occupied at the first until 10 o'clock at
night, when we were ordered to withdraw"
THE TRIBUNE is doing a good work in
Strengthening out the kinks of history.-W. H.
BENTLEY, Co. !, 77th ILL.,, 401 Monson street,
Peoria, Ill.
The National tribune., 1885-07-09
Professional Etiauefta

prevents some doctors from advertising their
skill, but we are bound by no such conven-
tional rules, and think that if we make a dis
covery that is of benefit to our fellows, we
ought TO spread the fact to the whole land.
Therefore We cause to be published throughout
the land the fact that DR.. r. V. Pierce's
"Golden Medical Discovery" is the best known
remedy for consumption tscrofula of the lungs
and kindred diseases. Send two stamps for
DIR. Picrcc's complete treatise on consumption,
with unsurpassed means of self-treatment.
Address, Worlds Dispcnsary Medical Associa-
tion, Buffalo, N. Y.
The National tribune., 1885-07-09
Running the Batteries.

To THE EDITOR: was ships Coxswain on
board of the U. S. S. ram Lafayette at the time
she "a q by Vicksburg on the 10th of April. /
wish ~ correct Carleton" as he has got
things very much mixed. He says that we
had the steamer Gen. Price lashed Oh the star
board side to protect the Lafayette We had a
coal barge lashed on our side, and the Price was
lashed outside of the barge. We were to pro-
tect her instead of her protecting the Lafayette,
as we were the heaviest ram and carried the
heaviest batteries in the feet. We had two
1I-inch guns, two 100-pound PARROTS, two g.
inch guns, two 12-pounders and two mountain
howitzers, and our sides were four feet thick,
while the Price was only tin-clad vessel
GEoRGE E. BILLINGToN, Coxswain, U. S. s.
LAFAYETTE Mountain Home Idaho.
The National tribune., 1885-07-09
The 4Sth Ohio at yicksburr.

To THE EDITOR: Carleton" in his descrip-
tion of the charge on Vicksburg, May o. 1868,
neglected to state that the flag of the 4Sth Ohio
was planted upon the rebel works alongside of
those of the nth III. and maintained there un-
til the fort was recaptured, when it was brought
off; one of the colOr-guards receiving bay
onet wound in the thigh. In support of this,
quote from Gen. Landrams official report of
that charge, which says: "The flag of the 77th
Ill. was the first raised upon the large fort in
our front, and the two flags of that regiment,
with that of the 4Sth Ohio, were the only ones
raised upon the ort."-THoMAs MONTGOMERY,
Captain 4Sth Ohio Lynchburg o.
The National tribune., 1885-07-09
A Lcaden Cannon.

To THE EDITOR: would like to say few
words in regard to cannon that myself and
Comrade Martin, of the 47th ILL.,, made. While
lying at Memphis, Tenn, in '64, short time
before we were mustered out, we gathered
musket balls to the amount of so pounds
made q pattern, and we cast cannon. We
made trucks, caissons and everything complete,
and took it aboard the boat when we started
up the Mississippi River. We tried a shot at
every stopping point. When we left the boat
we took it upon the top of a box car and fired
at every station till we arrived at Springfield,
ILL., left the gun with man by the name of
Oliver Crowder, Co. K, 47th ILL.,, he agreeing to
bring it on to Peoria when he came. But
have never seen the gun sincc-J. B. ARMEN-
TROUT, Co. K, 47th ILL.,, Burchard, Neb.
The National tribune., 1885-07-09
Simply Wonderful!

The cures that are being made in nearly all
chronic diseases, by Compound Oxygen, which
is taken by inhalation and which acts directly
on the weakened nerve centers and vital Or
gans, restoring them to the normal activities
which had been lost, are simply wonderful. If
you aro in need OF such treatment write to
Drs Starkey & Palen, 1109 Girard street
Philadelphia. for such documents aud reports
of cures as will enable you to judge for yourself
whether it will be Of any usein your particular
case,
The National tribune., 1885-07-09
His Friends Can Get the Buttons.

To THE EDITOR: While on a recent visit to
the Exposition at New Orleans and the South
ern battlefelds, Shiloh, Corinth, and others,
the Superintendent of the Corinth Cemetery
gave me two buttons, all he had, of the remains
of soldier he had lately found and removed to
the cemetery. His name was John Hays Co.
d, 77th Ohio. / know of no better way of
letting his friends know they can have them
than through THE TRIBUNE.-E. H. SIMIsoN,
Kenesaw Post, AZ, GAR, Minneapolis, Kan.
The National tribune., 1885-07-09

Hunts kidney and Liver] Remedy is excel
lent in all of the diseases of females. For
delicate women, no medicine equals it.
A celebrated doctor says that Hunts Rem
edy is sure cure for heart disease, and there
is no substitute for it,"
The National tribune., 1885-07-09

Secret, involuntary drains upon tho
system cured in thirty days. Pamphlet giving
particulars, three letter stamps. Address
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, Buff
falo, N. Y.
The National tribune., 1885-07-09

It's highly concentrated curative power,
makes Ayers Sarsaparilla the best and cheapest
blood purifier known.
The National tribune., 1885-07-09

Ayers Ague Cure is warranted specific for
eli malarisl diseases and hillary arrangements.