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FROM AN OHIO SOLDIER.

To THE EDITOR: Gen. w. p CarIin, in your
paper of June IL, says that Gen. Hood on his
raid north from Atlanta captured 1000 colored
troops at Resaca, GA, and also some at TiI;on.
Gen. Cariln is wrong, as there were no colored
troops at either Resaca or TiIton. The Second
Brigade, Third Division, Fifteenth Corps, and
two companies OF Kentucky cavalry were sta
TONED at these points. The S0th Ohio, 56th
ILL.,, a part of the 10Th No and the two COM
panieS of cavalry were at Resaca all told about
600. Two miles north OF Resaca were two COM
panles OF the 10th Mo-, and at Tilton the 18th
Iowa WAS stationed. On Oct II Hoods advance
drove In our pickets west of Resaca. Toward
evening of the 18th Wilder's Brigade of
mounted infantry came to our aid from the
south. Leaving their horses in charge of every
fourth man they cooned I" the railroad bridge
to our side, the wagon bridge and the tresties
OF the railroad bridge having just been washed
away by freshet. The enemy shelled us and
skirmished with us till the evening of the 18th.
On the morning of the 18th we advanced our
skrmish-line to find the enemy had left us
during the night While we were "cooped
up" they captured the two companies of the
10th Mo-, camped two miles north of Resaca.
aud tore up the railroad within mile of rs
They also attacked the 18th Iowa at Titou
who held out in biOckhouse until artillery
was brought to bear on them, when they were
compelled to surrender. Gen. Hood sent de-
mand for the surrender of Resaca when he first
advanced upon it. Col. Weaver mot Green
back Weayer), in command at Resaca, sent
word back for him to come and take it if he
wanted it, Bat having had little experience
at Altoona he probably thought it not worth
the expense. During the I4th the Seventeenth
Corps arrived at Resaca, and started in pursuit
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paid? Please give light In the matter.
Aas,cer. Our comrade is slightly mistaken at the
@ s.a.s. An volunteer oiicers are not entitled put
certain ones are. great many have been acted
upon by the Adjutant-General, u. S. A, and he is
disposng of them rapidly as his force will admit
As to the claims for the pay involved the Office of
the Second Auditor is about Is months behind, and
there Is no money 10 pay these claims. (See reply
TO r. r., June 4, 1851
". ~, Franklin Square, OIL. The soldiers who
were killed in the battle of Port Republic Va, are
buried in the National Cemetery at Staunton. Au-
gusta Co., Va. 2. In case of the renarriage of q
soldiers widow the right to file soldiers home
stead goes to his minor children. who must act
through guardian.
p. II. C., LuUer1e, Io,pa.-1. If man Is drawing
Sl2 pension aud he is increased he get Just SIS If
his disability is such to entIe him thereto: or is the
office obliged to give him S2i? understand that
II entitled to SIS he is entitled S2i there is
SIS rate. 2 In case of an appeal before Secretary
Teller, will it come out good before Secretary
Lamar, in a case which was not decided by Secre-
tary Teller before he went out2 AaSIcer. l. You
are correct in your understanding of the rates. A
pensioner can be increased to any sum under Sl5 !;
but II rated above SIT he goes to S24, more, as
there Is rating between those figures except the
total rate for Captain, $40. 2. We have reason
to think otherwise.
the army for organic disease of the heart when it
was only functional from torpid liver. / have it
yet. based my application liver complaint
which was the trouble all the time. Now, would
it be better for to add functional disease of the
heart, and would it increase the pension? Ans0er.
That depends entirely upon the history of the case
and your physical condition as shown by the re-
port OF the Examining Surgeon. If you think we
can accurately determine your right to increase
by simply telling that you have applied for liver
complaint, you have higher opinion of our abii-
ties than we ever dared to have. We would advise
that you include disease of heart in your claim and
let the Pension Office decide your right to pension
for either or both disabilities.
j. 8. L., Packcood, Ior0a.-I am disabled soldier
and poor. Can file on a homestead through an
agent without going to the Land Office myself?
Ans,ver. You file your declaratory statement by
an agent, but within six months from that tune you
mi
and improve your land thereafter in accordance
with law.
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the oat crop $3.50 900 900, the wheat crop 81 OO0,
900, the cotton crop S220 000, ,OO0 the product Of
iron bars and steel $257 ,00O, 600, and the pig
iron output $419, 100000.
Kentucky breeders turn their mares with
early foal out on rye pasture to promote their
flow of milk. This is an excellent plan, and
should be followed elsewhere
- Hog pens and runs should not give off
offensive odors any more than the stables and
pastures of horses and cattle, and if they do
something is wrong in their management, and
cholera is likely to devastate herds so kept.
Cleanliness is specific preventive as well as
remedy for many ills incident to both man and
beast, and filthy quarters may not only be the
means OF spreading disease in the herd. but also
of disseminating fever germs ETC., in the family.
Many cases of fever and diphtheria may trace
their origin to the dirt and filth of one kind
and another. AS a rule, the hog pens are the
most filthy places on the farm.
Begin the war against the potato beetle
betimes by placing few potatoes on the ground
here and there near the house, along fire.
quented walk to the barn, garden or field, or
in any place where they will be inspected often.
Not few will be attracted there. Let every
beetle be crushed. Every mother of brood of
larvae thrust out of the way now will be a
bushel of potatoes rescued, or London purple
and labor saved, when the regular campaign in
the potato field begins. If one patch of potatoes
10 Pidhtco carly auu auotIeT ldIeI SOiue uiS-
tance away, the last will suffer from the pests
much the least.
Orchard grass is one of the best pasture
grasses, starting early in the season and spring
ing quickly after being grazed. 1t likes good
loan. or even a sandy soil if rich. Redtop is
excellent grass for moist situations, and it re-
tains its hold on the soil for long time. In
fact we have too few pasture grasses, or, rather,
farmers are not sufficiently awake to the i'm
portance of variety in pasture grasses.
"A common mistake of beginners in garden
ing is covering seeds too deeply. As good a
general rule as can be given is to cover to a
depth equal to twice the thickness of the seed.
But judgment must be used in every case. In
the hot and dry weather of Summer seeds must
be planted more deeply, SO as to be kept sufi-
ciently moist to insure termination.
The moving machine should now be put
in condition for active service and the knives
repaired and sharpeued, and unless the machine
is reasonably good and of a late pattern it will
be greatly to the advantage of the farmer to re-
place it with a new one of one of the latest
and most improved models. 1t will not pay to
work with an old, worn out, heavy-draft
machine.
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stampeded the enemy to and beyond Little
Rock, closely pursued by our forces. As to who
led the advance from this point do not pre-
tend to know: and, with due respect for those
who claim the honor of driving Pap Price out
of the city, allow me to say that he needed no
driving at this juncture. He saw the danger
and concluded that discretion was the better
part of valor. After a number of salutes at
long range from the big gun on the promontory,
he left with nearly all his forces perhaps an
hour in advance Of our approach without wait
ing to see what regiment was driving him. He
had simply left small force to contest our ap-
proach and cover his retreat. He may have
run 40 miles, as asserted but | never supposed
that we followed him more than eight miles
out from the city at that time. The expedition
was success, and we were glad to settle down
upon solid basis of camp life for awhile, dis
placing large amount of wormy hard-tack by
the substitution of sweet potatoes. which grew
in profusion in the vicinity of camp.-E. M.
STAPLEToN. Co. E, 1st Iowa Cav, Kinsley, Kan.
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CHICKENS.
Nocturnal Raid on a Planters Henroost.


To THE EDITOR: We were snugly camped
near Alexandria, La, waiting patiently for
Gen. Banks and his commands to join US. As
usual with "Smith's guerrillaS we were not
Overburdened with Quartermaster or Commits
sary supplies, and our suits of blue were rather
the worse for wear and tear. So far as supplies
for the inner man were concerned we were de-
cidedly short, and our belts were buckled up to
the last hole. There was consequently some
gee among US when the loud voice of Serg't
Ralston resounded along K street as he gave the
welcome command, Fall in, X company, every
mothers son of you F" And we fell in, for the
quiet of our camp life was not at all to the lik-
ing of the restless spirits who composed K COM
pany, from our veteran Captain, Elias Schenck,
to our restless little Corporal, Jarrett n. Handy.
La a few minutes our orders came We were
to march to a point three miles west of town,
and in connection with b company act as vi
diets on that avenue of approach. We were a
little bit disappointed, for we thought forag-
ing trip was before us, and already in anticipa-
tiOn we were feasting on the good things so
bountifully supplied in that blessed country.
Our outposts were soon placed. My little squad,
consisting Volstead, Pughol, Wech and myself
were posted on the road about quarter of
mile from a large plantation. We soon made
ourselves comfortable, but looking around I
found the irrepressible Vostead missing
' Where's Charley?" Don't know" were the
question and answer. Soon Charley made his
appearance, his eyes bulging rs he said to us,
" Been out to the plantation. Jenima, but
there's lots of chickens out there!''
Now, if there was anything on earth tempt
ing to a soldier it was chickens. The next
thing was to get them. AS soon as possible we
c0rralled our Captain and at last succeeded in
getting permission at our own risk to go out,
when the shades of evening fell, and make
requisition on a certain henrooSt. When all
was silent few weird figures stole past the
picket on the road, said picket being very ear
nestly engaged in studying the right ascension
of the north star, and of course. could not see
anything south of him. In about an hour or
two the same figures stole silently back the
first two bearing large iron caldron and the
Others feathered bipeds In little while
sounds of carnage came from the reserve, the
sguawks of hens and rOOsters awaking the
echoes, and then all was still again. When in
the early morn we went back to the reserve we
found the pot boiling the frying pans sizzling,
and were cordially invited to have some
chicken. On the morning of the second day a
number of negroes bearing their packs came to
our picket-line. Our Captain carefully aues-
toned them found they were from the planta-
tion out in front, and ascertaieed that the
owner of the plantation was p man by the
name of Usher, and, further, that the wife of the
planter was the Captains own sister. But the
chickens filled long-felt want, and were
highly relished by the boys of K and COM
panies of the 33d Mo.-H. J. L., Mound City,
No.
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LITTLE ROCK.
The Story of lis Capture, as Told by Trooper

To THE EDITOR: The taking of Little Rock
was an important victory. and almost entirely
the result OF skill and strategy. 1t was almost
bloodless, and for that reason, no doubt has
not received that notice in history that its i'm
portance demands. The point of c0ncentra-
tion of our army was Brownsville % miles dis
tant. From there numerous sallieS were made
the only direct approach to Little Rock
through the wilderness, and some fierce en-
counters ensaed, the hardest of which was the
battle of Bayou Metoe some II miles distant
from Little Rock While the rebels were Civ
ing their attention to meeting those sallies and
strengthening their Notifications on the direct
approach and on the north Of the city and
river, our commander was preparing for
grand flank movement by cutting new route
south through the swamp to the Arkansas
River, distance of II or 10 miles. The march
of the army was principally made over this
new, secret road at night. Wcstruck the river
next morning about eight miles below Little
Rock, meeting with greater obstacles than
mOsketOs, darkness. stumps. and corduroy roads
Among the events was the hanging of negro
spy caught in camp.
We now come to the point of controversy in
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, in which several
comrades lay claim for their respective regi-
nents as being the first TO cross the Arkansas
River. Here the pontoon bridge was laid but
not under fire, as stated by Comrade Rowe, for
no enemy was IN sight; and think our expe-
dltIon was thus far entire surprise to the
enemy. While the pontoons were being
laid, the cavalry were marched and coun-
termarched over the sand knobs and depres-
sions in the vicinity Of the bridge to impress
SOME observant rebel with the magnitude of
our force. When the bridge was completed the
entire force of cavalry. under Gen. Davidson
accompanied by battery of mountain how
itzers, crossed the river. Comrade Springer of
the 10th Ill, in late issue of THE NATIONAL L
TRIBUNE gives the true facts when he saws
the LIST Iowa Cav. was the first regiment to
cross on the bridge. Whether any other regi-
ment crossed on the bridge | cannot say but we
had not yet reached the opposite shore when we
saw the 10th III. land the rest of the division,
for all know fording the river a short dis
tance above US. Now. do not think it matters
particularly who crossed first or last We were
not having race, and each regiment marched
in the order assigned it.
Immediately after crossing the cavalry took
up its line of march up the broad valley of the
Arkansas. among the huge cottonwood trees
with the lst Iowa in advance. Gen. Steele
with the main body of the army was adyapc-
ing parallel with ON the opposite bank After
marching couple of miles the enemy began to
show up and dispute our advance. but frequent
enflading shots from Gen. Steele's artillery
had tendency to clear our front. Whea reach
ing converging road 1T the crossing of a deep
bayou. within two miles of the city, our pro-
gress was hotiy disputed by the enemy with
artillery and musketry, which resulted IN the
ioss OF our small eld-pieces; but we eventually
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The 9Th Missouri

To THE EDITOR: "The 9Th Mo- vols.-A
Regiment of River Ronghs." This line is used
in an article in a late number Of the Philadel-
pbia Times
OF the 10 companies which composed the
Sth Mo. five were raised in st. Louis and were
made up of clerks mechanics, etc, with, of
course, the usual sprinkling of "hard cases I"
common to almost every company raised in
any large city; the other five were raised in
Illinois, and were composed chiefly of farmers
and farmers sons, and one company was almost
entirely Norwegian. The regiment was officered,
with few exceptions, by intelligent, brave and
able men - not river roughs." The three
years record of the Sth Mo. speaks for itself
and the material composing it. / ask the
author of the article above quoted: Were Gen.
Giles A. Smith, Col James Peck ham, Col d. C.
Coleman, Leut.-Col d. L. Kirby, Capts. Hill,
Charley Mcdonald, Alex. Jameson, Crane,
Greer. Ad Ware, Swarthout. Hugh Neil, Lieuts
Otis, Moffatt, Lee Morgan, Bush Musselman,
and others Of the rank and file who followed
the flag of the old Sth from Donelson to At
lanta, were they river roughs"? Without
descending to personalities the author of the
above line is a liar.-ED. A. WARE, Sth Mo-,
Brownsville Mo.
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GAR. RECORD.
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been so much admired by comrades eyerywhere
This is u genuine work of art being printed from
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CORRECTING CARLIN.
His Statement Denied as to Colored Troops Taken
by Hood at Resaca.

by Hood at Resaea-
To THE EDITOR: notice in Gen. Carlin's
article in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE OF June IL,
he is in error. He says Gen. Hood. on his
famous retrograde movement in October, 1854,
captured Resaca, with 1000 U. S. colored troops,
and also some at Tilton.
The facts are: ReSaca was commanded at that
time by Col. Clark Il. Weaver of the 18th Iowa,
and his troops were entirely white. When Gen.
Stewart, of Hoods army. looked over the ground
he wisely concluded he did not want to capture
Resaca and withdrew without any prisoners of
any nationality or color. Gen. Carlin is correct as
to the capture OF Tilton but there were no col
ored troops there unless it was headquarters
niger" The force consisted entirely of the
18th Iowa, commanded by Lieut.-Col. ). Nj.
Archer. Immediately after having invested
the place, Gen. Stewart demanded its surren-
der, incidentally mentioning that if we sur
rendered without resistance we would be
treated prisoners of war, but if he had to pro-
ceed TO capture us by force of arms, he would
not be responsible for our treatment Our otti-
GERS held q short consultation and informed
Gen. Stewart that if he desired the place he
would have to proceed in the usual manner to
take it. After about 10 hours the enormous force
of 312 enlisted men and IL officers were COM
PEELED to surrender 10 Gen. Stewart, with his
entire corps of at least 10000 men.
do not wish to say anything TO detract from
the very able and interesting writings of Gen.
Carlin, but felt it incumbent to CORE It what
was undoubtedly an oversight Oh his part, and
also add my mi tie TO the newspaper history of the
war. Ii any member of the 18th Iowa, or any
body else has anything to say either in criti-
ciSm or approval of this article, will be pleased
to hear from them, either by letter or through
the columns of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE. Had
Col Weaver been alive should not have writ
ten the above, bat he, after having braved the
dangers of an active soldiers life, came home
to die. The colored troops mentioned by Gen.
Carlin were probably few of about 600 that
were captured at Dalton by Hoods forces while
on his great campaign to Nashvlle-and de-
feat.-F. Z. SPENCER, Co. c, 18th Iowa, Ram
dolph, Iowa.
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Rheumatism.

There cannot possibly be more distressing
infictiOn in the long list of painful disorders,
not one that has baffied the skill of physicians
and entailed so much suffering as Rheumatism
To those afflicted we would advise to try
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remedy, and cures quickly and permanently.
The Editor of this paper is not only well
acquainted with the proprietor of this great
cure but will tell you that the medicine itself
is without an equal for all forms of Rheuma-
tism. Before asking yonr Druggist to order it
for you write for my free 40-page pamphlet,
and see for yourself what it has done or capable
of doing. Il. X. HELPHENsTINE,
Druggist, Washington, d. G.
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of Hoods army.-D. A. MULvANE Co. 3, s0th
Ohio.
I'VE have also brief letter similar to tho
above from III. S. Bowers, Co. c, S0th Ohio,
Newhall, Iowa.-ED.
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stet,srsnd Gsrds:

-oo1NDExrER \ r. okM' ~ r. Z
rlon, besral becattle, square and com. M,
Marks e.r Double dulap in br;skes
Z Deosa.sl Lssaiaaeetail saaeseil Deer Creek Valley.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-05-28

Sixty wagon loads 6fhozs len this
vicinity In one day for the FallrOad
for shipment Mr.. Godfrey, believe,
was the largest pareheseF. Wheeloek
and KOuns were also interested. By
the way, it IL said Reuben King h 3
dealer In and shipper Of hogs.
II b raining again.-What q giori-
Gus thing is Fainl What wheat there
- left has taken . new leass on life
and has wonderfully improved In the
last ten days. The Indications are
now that there will Be some fair
yields
The wheat, graz, cats, pOtatoes,
and weeds are making mpid growth,
but the corn b modest and ahy. It h
waiting for the warm sunny dayB %
June.
J. II. Kingman's timothy b jest
booming. The apple, cherry, Aad
plum tFses are lolded, and al fhe
small frufB are pr0mlsing.
Charley EYeFhaFt h fixing up bis
Eureka township farm en- good shape.
When the railr6ad CONES he viii Be
riRht IN town. Some folks are ma
HeiOus enough 30 say that Charles
will Be candidate for County Com
missioner.
A B. Chapman has declared bis
intention Of removing 20 MiEsouai In
TIE near future. In the mesntims be
viii Be glad b see many q hi8 ed
customers e his Old plaee % basiness
g Piiny.
lean Nm. Bates contemPlates a.
extended t0uF eastWani.
AIthOugh TIE morning vs. damp,
the Memorial seFViee q Bridge last
sunday vas vel aitslds1 The most
Of the services vas good and q The.
usual ekaraeger, but tie aefmon ~
the Rev. -. JOha Wa more than ~
uAlly good
Iwas surprised not long SGD e the
large numbeF 81 new buildilgE stag
CD IN Sali7a, and this, Too, aosufIll-
Standing the electiol q CisFel41d,
the iOw price q wheat last yeaf, and
the probable scarcity this YaaT. Ihs
faet d, SAlina = advaul1Eeuuzly -
eaied, and b not yef IN advance q
the county and tie fertile slFEoana-
ing eOGnfEy- AoHlcoLA-