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LET US HAVE A GAR. MONUMENT.
The idea of having distinctively GAR.
monument to Gen. Grant is taking firm hold
OF the minds of the comrades everywhere.
Already considerable sums have been col
lected in localities where jealous men have
gone to work on the 10-cent plan. suggested
by ex-President Hayes, and Endorsed with
notifications by the Commander-in-C Chief
and leading GAR. men.
The Decent plan is, above all others, the
correct idea. 1t combines the principles of
equality and fraternity. With contributions
limited to 10 cents every mans share in the
testimonial will be precisely equal, and it
viii be of vastly more value from being the
their illustrious leader. Every man in the
Order wants to testify his love and apprecia-
ton of his comrade, and dime contribution
places this within the reach of all. In this
way the contribution becomes a pririiege
which everyone will be proud to exercise
The privilege should be extended to the
wives, widows and children Of soldiers, who
will gladly come in with their dimes, if per-
mitted. Acceptance of contributions from
them will not initiate against the dis
tinctively GAR. character Of the testimo-
NAL, but rather intensity it, for they
are of the soldiers flesh and bone. In this
way we ought to get together from $4,000
to S100,000-an amount amply sufficient to
raise monument that will fittingly COM
memorate the esteem in which the exsol-
diers of the country held the great Captain
who has Just left u.s. AS tribute to him
such a testimonial will have value ines
tinably greater than the costliest pile which
may be raised by any one else. Congress
ought to, and probably will, erect monu-
ment that will exceed anything of the
kind since the pyramids. 1t will be some
thing for elaborate descriptions in the
guide-books, and for the world to study,
ciyilize, and admire; but for all that
it will be a much less eloquent testimo-
NAL to the virtues and greatness of Gen.
Grant than the much humber testimonial,
which will be the free and spontaneous trib-
ute of the hundreds of thousands of men
and women who shared with the dead Gen.
eral the perils and excitements of the great
struggle. 1t will be something beyond the
reach of wealth or power to produce.
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PENSION DECISIONS.
Important Rulings by Commissioner RIssk
during the Week.
Is to " Line of DlItu ,

In recent case decided by Gen Black the claim
ants services extend from July 10 1851 to Nus,ist
~ 1854 IL appears from the testimony that he as
permitted by his Captain to go outside the lines sor
fresh fruit and while away from his command he
was captured by the enemy. IL is alleged that cur
ing subsequent Imprisonment from harsh fr .
ment and exposure ne contracted dysenlery md
serofula In the report of the AdiutaBt-Cien, raj
dated December IA, 1866. the following appes -:
Taken prisoner by the rebels at Marble Crr.-tS
Mo- Aug 3, ls6l, while outside the pick cts without
leave and contrary to ORDERS" The claim wa, re-
Jeeted on the 10th of October, 1859 under former
administration, for the reason that the soldier VAS
not IN a line of duty when captured he beise at
that time absent from his command without pro, er
authority. In report of April 81 ISIS the AC IL
tant-General Cancelled " so much of the record "a
shows the claimant to have been absent withous
leave and contrary to orders when captured"
the part OF the claimant. He outside the camp
when taken prisoner but the penalties for deserton
should not for that reason be inflicted upon hun.
Ii IS within the personal knowledge of the Commits
sloner that very often during the volunteer service
there were departures from the rigid letter of the
law by both officers and men with no evil intent
rms appears to be such case, and pension may
be allowed
Preriosts Serriee in the Rebel Army
Gen. Black has also recently made decision in
which he CONSTITUTES the act Of March 8, 1871. very
literally.
1t is shown in the case that the claimant served
In Co. b. 5Oth Ind, from Sept. o. 1863 to Sept 10,
lSoo He alleged hernia, incurred October, 1864.
The Commissioner considered the proof filed Of
such character as to leave no room for doubt that
the disability contracted as claimed but ii ap-
peared that the claimant alleges that he forced
into the Confederate service in Perry County Ark,
prior to his enlistment in the 50th Ind In the rebel
archives on file IN the War Department his
was found on the roll of Co. j, of Col. Hawtkorns
regiment of Arkansas infantry, from July 4. 1852,
to Sept. 4, 1862, when he deserted. The question
here presented itself as to whether this case was
such is contemplated by the act of March
3, 1871 From the title of that act it would appear
that 1t was only intended to apply tothose who,
having participated in the rebellion and enlisted
after ats termination in the army Of the United
States. The language of the act itself Is not
cepti6e of such restrictive meaning. and Gen.
Black holds that it be construed applying to
those who. after having engaged IN aiding
abetiBg the late rebellion against the authority Of
the United States, afterwards voluntarily enlisted
in the army of the United States leist,er during
the rebellion since its termination, and who be-
came disabled in the line of duty The Commits
sioners ruling in Mr.. Creaseys viii hereafter
be followed in all similar cases.
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ONE suggestion is that the National monu-
across the Potomac at Washington. The
city needs another bridge badly, and it is
thought that by this combination of utility
with sentiment Congress may be made to
hasten the fulfillment of both. The idea
will not strike the country favorably. The
French and English have both made bridges
monuments of their victories-as the Water
loo bridge in London, and the Pont de Jena
and Point d'Austerlitz at Paris-but so far
we know of no such erections being made
of monuments to great men, and there seems
little fitness in the proposition.
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THE Grant funeral has become factor in
Virginia politics. The Malone men are
angry because Gen. Hancock invited Fitz-
hugh Lee and Joseph E. Johnston, but did
not ask their chieftain to participate. They
say that the funeral was turned into a
Bourbon show. Also, that it was a West
Point scheme to elevate West Pointers and
discredit the Virginia Military Institute, of
which Malone is graduate. There is some
reason in what they say, because if it had
been intended to compliment the Army of
Northern Virginia Malone should have been
selected, since his rank in that army was
much higher than Fitzhugh Lees and his
services more brilliant.
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THE cost Of draping the buildings in New
York for Grants funeral is estimated at
from $25O,O0O to 81 100000. This amount
was not 80 much in any one draping, as there
were few that cost so much as $500, but in
the greater number of comparatively cheap
ones. There were, perhaps, hundreds that
cost 500 each. The bulk of the drapery
was of cheap black muslin, costing no more
than 7 cents a yard at the highest. Ere
quently buildings used up as much as 500
yards of this. Some establishments used
fine cloth, costing as high as % cents a yard.
This was badly injured by the weather, but
can be made of some value by re-dying and
pressing it.
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WE have received enough poems, ad-
dresses, resolutions of regret, and similar
expressions of sorrow over the death of Gen.
Grant to fill THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for a
year. We are very sorry to disappoint those
who have taken pains to prepare and send
these contributions to us, and many of them
are very meritorious indeed, but the truth
is there is no room for them. A newspaper
is like quart-measure-only so much can
be put in, and no amount of pressure will
increase the holding capacity. The columns
of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE are so crowded
every week by the regular routine of news
matter, that it is next to impossible to make
room for great amount of extra contribu-
tiOns
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OBITUARY.,
Inrasions OF Death In the Ranks Of e,nr 70

InTasions OF Death In the Ranks of Gur Com-,ss,
DANIELs.-At Washington, D. c. July 10 Vim
III. Daniels aged 43 years and sig months lie vas
a native OF Plymouth. Pa, and member of the
Grand Army.
HINEs.-at Columbus, o., Nay g. Albert Hines
Go. h, SD Ohio. lie was a member OF Andrew,
Post, No. l32.
AsKEw.-M Las Vegas. y. NJ Aug. 3 in the 18th
year OF bis age, Milton Askew. He enlisted AuriI
q, 1861, in the 18th ILL.,; reensted the follow ing
August in the Sd Ohio Cav. from which he vas
mustered out Oct, 8, 1864, a Sergeant He "a
Captured on Stonemans raid, and spent some I; le
at Libby and Andersonviile. At the time C Lis
death he was conductor the Atchison Topeka
ana santa re Railroad, and eomraSe of Serg's
Ben Hopper Post, Wallace, N NJ
sFEELE.-At FL Dorado. Kan, July l. Roberi II
steele, Co II, LIST Pa Reserves. He was a member
OF Post No 66. of FL Dorado, and Was borne 4, ,s
grave by his comrades.
GEssAMAN.-At Rowzersville, Pa. Aug l. COM
rade Gessaman was instantly killed by q stroke OF
lightning while standing in the door of his residence
He was j. V. @. of Post No. 2ST OF Waynesb.sro
under the auspices of which he was buried
Dayton Aug. 5, at R;ceyiile Pa Franklin Dsy.
Co q, 10th Pa. Cav. He was member OF Fissser
Post, No, 339
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THE SONG OF THE FLY.

atlanta Constitution.
OH Oh! the fly the beautiful fly,
He - '.:.. -: the wall and he comes on the
sly,
To bother table and tickle our nose,
But where he does come from nobody knows.
And the darned little seoundrel -: -. all over the
room.
We try to evade him by window and screen,
But still those same fly .:.:. forever are seen.
1t is of no use a-trying. he will :: in the pie
And everything else, however hard you may try
To cover it up protect it with cover,
You will find when you eat tits fly - -: all over.
There's that will scold and there's some that
will cry
At the trouble that is caused by the darned little
fly;
But I'm clean out of patience-Ivc no patience
And distractedly gaze at those fly 49,: on the
wall.
I wish 1t were Winter and the flies were all gone
And the last rose of Summer were blooming alone
At home in the snow 'twere much better to be
Than the flies the wall and those lily :. to
Forgive me- dear reader, for am really mad,
But those fly -: -: in Summerl amt they
too bad?
Mentioning the fact that the weather-proph-
cts predict that the next is to be "a dry moon"
the Macon Telegram lets out the secret that
there are many people in Georgia who will
sympathize with dry moon.
Life:
She-"Do you make any reduction to
clergymen?"
Gallant Old Shopkeeper Always. Are
you clergyman's wite?"
She (blushing)-"O, no; I'm not married"
Go. S. becoming interested y" Daughter,
them"
She (blushing deeper than ever)-"No; but
Pm engaged to theological student"
Life:
We regret to learn that Mr. J. D. Fish does
not go to dinner in the regular lock-step.
Are the authorities afraid to trust him with
the combination?
Exchange:
Little Johnny Fizzletop was in the habit of
waking up every night in the middle of the
night and demanding something to eat. At
last his mother said 10 him:
"Look here, Johnny. I never want to cat
anything in the night"
"Well, I don't think I'd care much to eat
anything either in the night if kept my teeth
in mig of watar.
We really believe that there are some people
in the world who could suggest desirable i'm
provements OH the plans of Dame Nature. For
instance there's the Baltimore american, which
remarks: "How bright tho Summer prospect
would be if I7-year locusts were only fond of
mosketOs.
Burlington Free Press: When tramp sees a
woman with a pistol or gun in her hands he
goes right on without winking; but let her ap-
pear on the scene with dipper of hot water,
and he makes tracks like Kangaroo.
PucL: An Iowa farmer recently met young
man who WAS engaged to bc married. to his
eldest daughter, aud, after cowhiding him aud
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ar thing that the daily events did not

lar thing that the daily events did not
impress themselves upon the memory.
We want the Eastern men to write for US.
There is no excuse for their reticence. They
owe it to themselves, their comrades, and
the widows and children of those who have
fallen, to tell the story of their regiments
sufferings and achievements. It does not
matter that the story of the battles has been
often told. 1t does not matter that the part
taken by the Corps, Division, Brigade or regi-
ment has been recounted again and again.
1t will be better understood by telling it
anew. No two men ever saw any battle
alike No two men ever saw alike the part
taken by even so small portion of the
fighting force as their own company. A
battle is a most wildly shifting kaleideo-
scope, and what one man may see of it
while he is loading his gun may differ
wholly from what the man next to him
sees while he is firing it. Every's man per-
sonal experience in fight is matter of
real interest. We could ask for no more
entertaining matter than for any private
soldier who fought through the battle of
Gettysburg, for example, to give minute
and particular account of all that he saw
and did from the moment his regiment went
into line of battle until the lest shot was
fired.
Comrades of the Army of the Potomac
write to US.
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GOOD NEWS.
GEN. JOHN A. LOGAN
Promises the Readers Of The
National Tribune a
Series of Articles.

ne heartily congratulate oar seeders upon
The fact that that brilliant soldier and able
statesman-G John H. Logaa-has con-
scented TO contribute to these columns series of
military "reminiscences. There is no man IN
the United States that can sorite better of mat
tiers connected 1oith the soar. He as as brilliant,
oueYsaastering and strong IN print as he aras on
the battlefield. Nor as there any man an the
country achon the er-soldiers of the Nation are
more eager to hear from than the foremost Of
our volunteer Generals Gen. Logan has been
importuned By papers all ouer the country to
avrite for them, but he has yielded to our request
because The NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the SOL
diers' paper Of The couatyy, and because through
ats columns he miU reach larger number of
the aac,a ssho fought the soar through and their
Kindred and friends than can be found among
the readers of any other paper, or number of
papers, magazines, and other periodicals pub
siSled anywhere. Here IS tie Generals letter
to as:
Us. SENATE. WASHINGTON, d. c., July 81
Editor EATIoSAL TRIBUNE:
SIR: Yo1T repeated requests 20 10 contribute to
pour columns "reminiscences Of tie military operations
scft s0hich connected haze Arrays found me
burdened Sef official and other to be unable
TO derote De requisite time 20 the arork, much
valued The opportunity Of addressing your immense
constituency Nor do feel much at leisure no,o
bat aOM say that, as can gais, The time
Uica trust tpiH be priti,i the nert JeaU months aO
furnish yoa seh series Of articles relative TO opera
ffo'ls and incidents ia the history Of the army Of the
Tennessee.
Yours, respectfully, JoHs A. LOGAN.
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THE grafton of Gen. Gibbons at the recent
Reunion of the LIST Mimi. was splendid
effort, and we deeply regret our inability to
print it entire in the columns of THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE. We give, however, the
following in regard to the services of the LIST
MINI. at Gettysburg:
As our disorganized, panc-stricken men came to
the rear followed by the comparatively unbrOken
line of the enemy, little remnant of a regiment,
but one which had shown its pluck and discipline
on many hard-f fought field, was lying in the grass
looking on and waiting for orders. On swept the
hostile line with it's resstless stride and the yell of
victory from many troats towards that goal of all
their Wishes the low crest of Cemetery Ridge. Very
fortunate was it that the gallant commander of the
Second Corps happened TO be on the spot, but more
fortunate still that there were troops there ready
and willing to respond to any order which could
be griven to them. Looking around for help,-for
help was scarce but sorey needed your COM
mander catches sight of that little regiment lying
in the grass. He knows not who they are, but he
calls upon them to charge the advancing foe. Up
springs from the grass the little band of heroes.
They count not their enemies, Outnumbering them
10 to one. but pouring in voIley almost in their
very faces with shout of victory charge upon the
advancing line. The advance Is checked. the
smoke of battle clears away, and more than 4S Of
.lrc officers and men of the LIST Mimi lie dead and
wounded on the holly -contested ground. In this
desperate charge your Col. Colviile. your Lieut.
Col. Adams your Maj. Downie, your Adj't Peler,
two Captains and five Lieu.enants, went down be-
fore tho cnemys fire. testifying with their blood
how your regiment was led, and more than two
thirds of the rank and file testified with theirs how
the men of the regiment followed their gallant
leaders. 4.
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Of rich thought. We have only space for
the DerOratiOu:


close the page with this years services; the
dead will be nearer to next year The invisible tie
which binds to them and links the past with the
present is growing stronger. The faith which leads
upward will soon he lost in sight, and beyond, in
our homestead, where sorrow never comes, over
whose portals shadows never fall, and where re-
union is forever. duty will be rewarded, faith per-
fected and happiness eternal.
My comrades, on your heads is falling the snow
which never melts but it is tinged with the reec-
ton of glorious sunset. In the east / see the
dawnng of another day. My friends, may it
bring to you bright hopes, higher aspirations and
strengthen you in your devotion to Country,
Home and God
Shadows are falling. It's eventide and we stand
at rest before the graves of heroes-the splen-
did monument of our mighty power.
Then glory to these unknown graves,
They are better far to own
Than the fair half hundred palaces
OF the Carlovingian throne;
And glory to the thousand proofs
Their lives and deaths all give,
OF the great end toward which we tend,
The solemn lives we live;
Till the monarch and the anarch,
Alike shall pass away,
And morn shall break, and man awake,
To the light of fairer day"
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The Markets.

Wheat has not risen in price during the past
few weeks, and the handling OF that grain. ex-
cept by Spectators has been exceeding inact-
i've At the time of going to press, August
sales closed at So cents; September, 81, and
October, s6l. There has been a fair demand
for corn, but the prices are low; August sales
closed ut 45s cents; September. ASS, and Octo-
Der, Az. The receipts of oats in Chicago has
been very large, and the price correspondingly
low; August brought 254 September, PIT. and
October. 24s. Mess pork brought S9.27i cash.
September, S9I74. and October, 1925. Lard
was duh at s6221 cash September, 81. 81, and
October So 30
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ANOTHER OFFER!
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
THREE MONTHS
FOR
THIRTY CENTS.

The enthusiastic response which met our
offer to furnish The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
three months for so cents made some time
in june, has shown us the desirability of ex-
tending the offer which we hereby do. We
will furnish THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE three
months to any names that may he sent in
before the 3lst of August for 80 cents. This
places the paper within the reach of ALL
Whoever sends Us 10 new names and So will
receive an extra copy free. This is the only
premium offer that goes with this.
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WE regret exceedingly our inability to
publish the large amount of excellent mat
ter, both in poetry and prose, which is pour
ing into this Office every day in praise of our
beloved commander, Gen. u. S. Grant. To
do this would be Impossible, as q paper
double the size of TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
devoted entirely TO that purpose, would not
hold more than one-half of the brilliant eu-
logies and kindly words in which the COM
rades from all parts of the country express
their admiration for the dead hero.
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a Steamer EIosn 10.

The steamer S. M. FELTON, WAS seriously dam
aged by mysterious explosion on Monday lass
as she left her wharf in Philadelphia fur VIII
niington, Del. There were goo passengers on
board, IL of whom were seriously injured, but
strange to say no lives were lost. The explosion
is supposed to have been caEsed By dynamite
placed near the boiler, bas by whom Or fss
what purpose is not knowa.
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THE number of pension certificates issued
and signed during the week ending Aug II,
1885, was as follows: Original, sos; in
crease, 553; reissue, 81; restoration, SO;
duplicate, IA; accrued, %; act of March 3,
1888, 2; Act March 3, 1885, 2. Total,
E-o
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General sherman on The Tribune.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE u. s.,
WASHINGTON, ID. C.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE
From the nature of the articles published
in the numbers of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
sent me, / observe that it is published in the
interest of the soldiers of the civil war. In
this you have my hearty sympathy, and L
viii enoeavor in my own sphere Of action to
cooperate with you in all practicable meas
ures to that end, without money and with
out price. With great respect,
Your obedient servant,
w. T. SHERMAN.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. c., AUGUST 20, 1885.

To any person who will send us
a club of ten new subscribers to
THE TRIBUNE we will present
q new @. A. IL. watch, inclOSed
in a handsome Satin-lined case,
and warranted to keep accurate
time.
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1879.

IT has been pointed out that July has
been bad month for Presidents and ex-
Presidents. John Adams and Thomas JEFF
ferson died July 4, 1925; James Monroe,
July a, 1881; Zachary Taylor, July 8, 1850,
and U. S. Grant, July 90, 1885. James A.
Garfield received his fatal wound July 2,
1891.