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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-01-17
NASHVILLE MARKET REPORT.

Corrected from the daily american every
Thursday evening.
The general trade was very fair to-
day showing a steady improvement
over the past few days.
Flour was firm, with fair trade.
Wheat was strong. The local and
Southern demand continues very
active. Nashville is becoming every
day more prominent as grain mark
ct, and with proper efforts it can be
made the center of a large grain
trade. Sales of eighty cars of wheat
were reported to-day. Corn was
steady, with good demand.
Groceries were steady and moder-
ately active to-day. Coffees were
steady. Louisiana sugars are firm
and fractionally higher. The higher
grades of molasses are also very firm
Country produce was quiet, with
but few changes. Eggs were steady
at 20c from first hands. Butter con
tinues very dull. Poultry was quite
live turkeys were a shade lower
Onions are firm and higher. In othel
articles no change was reported.
Wheat, from wagons, good dry, S0@S2.
Corn-from wagons, 40 to 45.
Corn Meal 50to52
Oats-34 TO 81.
Hay, prime timothy, per ton, $1S.00to $l40
Feathers-prime, as to AZ.
Beeswax-choice, q to
Rags-well assorted, 81 60 to
Genseng-dry, 45 to so.
Butter 12H to IS
Eggs TOGO
Chickens-frying l2@1Sc; hens, @25.
Tallow-chOice, 81.
Wool--unwashed, 10 to II.
" tub washed. % to 26.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-01-17
Commercial
MGMINNVILLE PRODUCE MARKET.
Corrected weekly by Mead & Ritchey.
OFFICE SOUTHERN STANDARD.

Corrected weekly by Mead Ritchey
OFFICE SOUTHERN STANDARD.
McMinnville, Jan. &c. 1885.
In grain nothing doing except to
supply local demand. Wheat, in
both Europe and America, has adj
vanced, and we hope ere long our Iit-
tie surplus may find a market at
prices that will pay the farmers the
cost of production, at least. We learn
from a private letter that corn is be-
ing shipped from Kansas City, Mo-,
to East Tennessee. So cheap is corn
in the West that it will bear Transport
tation to Tennessee. We have not
changed our quotations for wheat,
but in car lots on track, good wheat
would bring 75c. Eggs are stronger
than week ago, but few days of
mild pleasant weather in the North
west would materially reduce the
price. There is perhaps no produce
50 liable to fluctuatiOn in value as
eggs at this season. Prices are gov
erned by the supply, and the supply
depends on the condition of the
weather. The weather is very I'M
certain and no more so than the value
or price of eggs.
Dried fruit isstill very low, butweare
pleased tonote slight improvement
in the West. The very large supply
and low price of green fruit has
served to keep prices of dried fruit
down. 1t is said that so large have
been the export of green apples that
foreign markets have been over sup
piled. We still hope and reasonably
expect better prices for dried apples
when the green apples are out of the
way. The latter at present are very
dull.
WHEAT 65@7O p blu.
CoRN-white to 40,
FLoUR-new, $2.5O@s2 70 p 100 TBS.
MEAL % blu. 50@55c.
OATs-B blu. 500
CHICKENS-Hens sc p 10
BUTTER-S9 ID. 10 to 10
EGGs-a doz 14to 15c.
GINsENG-S9 ID, $1.00 to
BEEswAx-R ID. 20c
FEATHERs-Ss ID. 40to
TALLow-R ID. &c.
Green hides 5@6c. Grubby 4 of
LARD-P ID. 10c.
BACON
Shoulders
Hams II
Sides @,
Hog round
Wool, unwashed, 14@1Sc
" tub washed, 20 to &c
Turkeys, &c per pound
Stock peas, to Coo
DRIED APPLEs-R ID. 2to c..
Peaches to
Blacberries 6H to &c.
Homestead Fertilizer, 50 25to$2.50 p Ion
Irish potatoes cts. p bu.
Green Apples, 44to50c per bushel.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-01-17
DENTISTRY.
Lice on Calves.

j. L., Spring Green, Wis. asks
what is good for lice on calves?
Reply. AS vermin can only thrive
where neglect and filth prevails, the
remedy is obvious. Daily brushing
and cleaning of the animals and their
surroundings constitutes both proven
ton and treatment. Remove and
frequently renew their bedding.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-01-17
Stop at the
ST. CLOUD HOTEL,
No. 10 North Summer Street,
Nashville, Tennessee.
MARSHALL & FRIZZELL, PTODr'S.
To the Public.

DHE FIRM OF MORFORD II ETTER
i has this day been dissolved by mutual
consent, A. j. Etter retiring from the firm,
All persons indebted to the firm, either by
note or account, will come forward and
make settlement at once, as Mr.. Etter wishes
to leave for California by the 1st of March.
The business will be continued at the old
stand on Main street under the firm name
of Morford & Co. Respectfully,
MORFORD & ETTER.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-01-17
Wheat Higher in England.
Prairie Farmer.

Prairie Farmer.
A telegram from London bring the
weekly review of corn markets, by the
Mark Lane Express of January 3,
the leading English authority, which
says: Autumn-soWn acreage OF
wheat 10 to 10 per cent. below 1888.
Farmers deliveries are greatly di-
minished, making an advance of Is.
to IS. (22c. to esq., per quarter Is
bushels). Market against buyers,
and in favor of sellers. 1t is evident
that watersheds (that. is, cargoes
afloat and to arrive) have been re-
duced to their normal condition. A
general advance of IS. to2s. &c. Amer
lean -four Is. cd per Dbl. dearer.
Maize (corn) scarce and cd. to Is. per
quarter higher.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-01-17

Referring to the above, we extend our
thanks to the customers of the old firm,
and beg continuance of their patronage,
with the assurance that the new firm is pre-.
pared and able to offer extra inducements
to our friends and patrons, and shall make
special efforts to please our customers, and
merit their confidence.
Respectfully,
MORFORD & co.
90. r. MORFURp.
{ A. AosFORr.
i9rEaTv .Si 1885. l0-3t
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-01-17
WEEKLY, BY MAIL:
(The Cheapest and Best in the State.

THE DAILY BANNER is sprightIy
paper containing the latest telegraphic,
market and news reports, the best of select
ed and local matter, and well considered
editorials upon all topics of the day. The
BANNER is bold outspOken, impartial and
honest journal, stating facts concerning all
parties and persons without fear or favor.
Its editors have no other business than that
of pure journalism, and are not interested
in any sort of advocacy for personal interest.
The paper is independent, financially and,
politically, and has no other purpose than
to serve the public The editors never hes
itate to express their honest views upon all
questions affecting the public interest, re-
CARELESS of every other interest than the
public good, 1t stands upon its past record
as guarantee for the future promising the
same impartiality in stating facts, the same
non-partisan, uHprejudiced spirit in report.
ing new2, and the same honest, unbiased
course in all editorial writings.
The National tribune., 1885-10-15
Sharman,s March tn the Sea.

To THE EDITOR: Comrade George A. Man.
ming, of Lewiston Idaho, by his article i'll your
excellent paper of the oath ult., regarding the
authorship of "Shermans March to the Sea-"
brings the writer of this to the front. i desire
to pass in my experience regarding that famous
song above alluded to. The second night after
leaving Columbia, S. c., en- route to GoldsborO,
after the days march, and having just finished
our bareback and coffee, an Aid from Sher-
mans headquarters entered our rude tent, and,
asking for Kimberly. placed in my hand
small roll, which, upon opening, found to be
a musical manuscript song entitled "Sher-
mans March to the Sea-" The Aid, or Orderly,
as he might have been, informed me that it
was the work of two Union officers while in
carcerated at the place named, and that the
officers, liberated by our forces, were then at
Sherman's headquarters. I was requested to
sing the song for the first time to "Uncle
Billy" About two weeks after we reached
Goldsboro it was my pleasure then, one beauti-
full evening, accompanied by Prof. E. G. Knee
land, on the violin Ia band member, and now
living at Monroe this County,, to sing the
song. Before returning the music, as request
ed, copied it and subsequently lost the same.
The words of the song were witten by Adj't
Byers, and the music by Lieut.. Rockwell, as
stated by Comrade Manning. There is no guess
work about this, and the facts entire, as stated
above. can be verified by every surviving
member of the First Brigade Band, Third Di-
vision, Fifteenth Corpse. o. KIMBERLY,
Brodhead, Wis.
The National tribune., 1885-10-15
Random Shots,

To THE EDITOR: 1t is amusing to read the
accounts OF some of the Western boys about
their experience in the war. 4 stranger to
this country reading your paper would think
that the Western army did all the fighting, and
that the Eastern did nothing. Every regiment
il the Western army claims to have done the
best fighting. Now why do not some of them
come out and claim to have done the fastest
running on a retreat; for there is nothing dis
honorable in retreat, and the faster the bet
ter Now about the rebels being armed with
lances what of it? / do not see anything
wrong about it, for we had a regiment armed
with lanccs, the 9th Pa. Cav, commonly called
Rush's Lancers / thinb'itw was the largest regi-
ment in the service when mustered in.
Now about the rebels shooting railroad iron.
] do not doubt it. for at Winchester they shot
railroad iron and pieces Of old pots and horse
shoes and stones and it was said that they shot
one chain there. But the rebels used things
worse than all of them. In a skirmish at Hut
tonville, ". Va, they used the explosive ball.
When it would strike anything it would ex-
plode, and if it would strike person it would
cause very bad wound TO be made. They
also used a ball made in two parts and when
it would strike a person one part would go
through and the other part would stay in the
body.
Now comrades. know of what I speak, as |
was there and saw all this for myself.-JosHUA
CROFT, Sergeant, Co. NJ, lith Pa. Cav, Wa
keeney, Kan.
The National tribune., 1885-10-15
ChickssaM BaYoa.

To THE EDITOR; ] have been reader Of
your paper for several wears, and for all this
time have been patiently waiting for just such
a communication as appeared in Fighting
Them Over" in No 2li, entitled "Chickasaw
Bayou from one Of Blairs Brigade. i think
we can now settle long controveTted question.
We VIII first say that there was quite bad feel
ing between both De Courcy, Blair and their
entire commands concerning that battle and
its results, even 10 the extent Of challenge for
a duel between the commanders, caused by
report in certain ST. Louis papers giving
Blair the advance in that charge we of DE
Courcy's command, the support, and that we, as
support, failed. TIC fact is, we were the advance,
in five solid columns, our regiment-16th
Ohio-in front and De COurcy still in our front;
Blair our support. And Comrade Tisdale hits
the nail square on the head when he says they
melted away III the bayou; but, indeed, can
not see where they lost their men in such large
numbers, for the bayou was considerably back
from the outer edge of that seething hell. Yes,
the rebel first line, and even their second
line gave way, and from breastworks, too
and several hundred yards beyond the bayou,
where, after passing the abatis OF fallen timber,
which we worked through. was a dead level
plain, or rather mud comfield, in which we sank
kDee-deep; yet we, with our support. almost
got in the second rifie-pits. Capt Mills, of my
company, WAS taken prisoner within few feet
OF SAID second line He was stunned by shell.
/ was very near him, and undertook TO crawl to
him, supposing him dead, to save his sword.
watch, etc, as per his request few minutes
before If anything should happen him. Then
il was discovered we were whipped, and the
enemy gathering prisoners not with cavalry,
but infantry, and only few steps from their
works to take them in. l myself was ordered
TO surrender, but refused, and was by kind
Providence permitted to escape but how. and
alive toe, / cannot now explain. VIII say
though, that few Of Us did get Off, but without
an officer to command our company. Now, in
conclusion, will say, we have no doubt Blair
was good man, and commanded good bril-
gade, but they always did the officers, at least
try TO place themselves in that battle where they
were not; and the fighting up to the bayou was
only the slightest kind of skirmishing in COM
parison TO the fight beyond it, How anyone
ever escaped is a wonder, for it seemed as if all
the troops, Of every description, of the Confeds
were drawn up on that semi-circle to pour out
their missiles of death, not by the platoon, but
by the bushel and ton. From the landing up
TO the charge our regiment was continually On
the front as skirmishers, covering our division,
aud had quite lively time, and lost quite a
number; but we did not consider it anything in
the shape of a battle until VIC passed beyond
the bayou. r. NORRIS, Co. ID, 10th Ohio,
Newton, Kan.
The National tribune., 1885-10-15
Survivors of the Battle of Belmont.

To TIE EDITOR: After reading in the coll
umns OF the best friend the veterans have
these days THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE) about
the various regiments all over the country
holding Reunions and anniversaries, desire
TO start the ball rolling for a Reunion OF the
survivors of the first engagement commanded
by our beloved hero Gen L. S. Grant, which
battle was fought with one-third the number
o; that of the enemy, on the eth day of Ncvem-
Der. 1861, at Belmont, No Gems. John \. Logan
and John 4. McClernand are the only two COM
handing field officers now living, to the writer's
knowledge, who were with us in the above en-
gagcment. We desire to ask for a correspond
ence through the columns of THE TRIBUNE, or
otherwise, from the survivors of the following
regiments, which, on the 9TH day of November,
1861, composed Gen. Grants heroic little army
and fought his first battle: The ODD, 29th, Both,
and 3lst ILL.,; the 9TH Iowa, Capt. O'Harnets
Cav. and Capt. Taylor's battery.
Now, comrades, there is over one month yet
till the Z4th anniversary of Belmont, and why
could we not agree to meet somewhere and
commemorate the deeds of our old commander
and his first battle? / have letter from Gen.
Logan. saying that if such Reunion is held
he will undoubtedly be present if in his power
Comrades, let us hear from you soon, and say
where we shall meet. We can select any place
south of Chicago at Il very small expense. l
suggest Springfield, H., where we held up our
right hands and pledged our lives and our sa-
cred honor to cur Government only two months
before the engagement. Comrades, let US hear
from you all along the line.-LINDsAY STEELE,
Captain, Co. L, Both H. Chester, Ill.
The National tribune., 1885-10-15
They All HeIped To Do IL.

To THE EDITOR: In the controversy over
the capture of VERSIONS Brigade of North Caro-
linians at the first days battle of Gettysburg,
one might think there were only two fighting
regiments in Baxter's Brigade, viz, the 18th
Mass. and tie 9Th y. Y. / give the whole
brigade the credit for the capture of those pris-
oneTs. ! claim that the SD y. Y. captured as
many as any other regiment in the brigade,
and deserves as much credit as any of them.
Ny opinion is there was no general order for
a charge but the whole left and center Of the
brigade charged simultaneously, and, as Adj't
Wehrum SAYS, the prisoners outnumbered their
captOrs. The prisoners were simply ordered to
the rear, and i can tell you they needed no
second order, but got up and got" / was
wounded on our return with prisoners by a
flank movement of the enemy's skirmish-line,
as near as / can tell, which caused the loss of
my left arm, aud / still carry bullet in my
left side as memento of Gettysburg / dis
tinctly recoliect the 18th Mass being in that
charge, as one of their officers captured battle
flag which ! was about to take myself. He
being an officer let him have it and turned
my attention to the capture of prisoners, of
which | took a number. If that officer is still
living he will no doubt remember me, as we met
by chance once after that in a Philadelphia
horse-car. We compared notes and | found
he had just ordered set of teeth, in place of a
set shot away at Gettysburg, and had just left
my measure for an artificial arm, in place Of
one left on the same field
like to read your very interesting paper
and / would be lost without it, Long may
it wave! / would be pleased to hear from
others of the 3d. through your paper or other
wise, on this subject-WM III. MILLER, C0rp1,
Co. c., SD n. Y, Elizabeth, n. j.
The National tribune., 1885-10-15
The 1ofI, Mich,

To THE EDITOR: / have read with great in
terest your most valuable paper and soldiers
friend for the past two years, and have watched
its pages anxi0usly expecting to hear from
some comrade of the old 10Th Mich, but in
vain. No mention of it has been made by its
members or any of the officers under whose
command il was. Said regiment, organized in
Fall of 1S6l, and in Spring of 1862 went direct
to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. was in Gen.
Premises Brigade and on that memorable Sum
day, April 6, with Missouri regiment on our
right and an Iowa regiment on our left, march
ed about 60 RODS to the brow hill in front of
our camp, where the first attack was made by
the enemy about o'clock a. III. By the way,
we were eating breakfast when the long-roll
beat. Our regiment went through the two
days fight. and found that the long roll was
not the only kind of music we had to dance to-.
The 18th Mich. was also in the battle of Mid
dleburg, Tenn. where it received the compli-
ments of Gen. Grant for its gallant defense of
that place against Gen. Van Dorn's force of
many times its number; also the battle of An
tetam and Little Rock-A. l.. ABBOTT, First
Lieutenant, Co. A, 18th Mich, Millbank, Oak.
The National tribune., 1885-10-15
HUNTERS RAID.
Some Comments on Comrade Dry's Sketch.

To THE EDITOR: Having waited with almost
homeless patience, / am at last rewarded by
seeing that long-looked-for history of Hunters
raid to Lynchburg in June and part of July,
1864, written, as seen, by our Comrade JOSIAH
p Dry, NJ. S., Co. +, 123d Ohio. Those two
initials / cannot explain.) And now, since the
comrade invites honest criticism, i, for one,
shall watch him closely, and may, perhaps, III a
friendly way, give my SIDE OF the story as seen
Oh the stage.
would rather have seen il headed up the
kanawha," as our part of the army cavalry,
after being unloaded at Parkersburg, w. va,
went overland to Charleston, on the Big Kama,
VIVA River up the valley, through dales ana
over mountains, until we all met from the
Shenandoah and Kanawha Valleys at StauntOn.
After our concentration and resting, we hlled our
hayersacks anew with rations and our saddle
bars with that celebrated Lynchburg KILL
kinick smoking tobacco and that fine honey
seasoned twist and other favored chewing to-
hacco.
Here let me mention that your humble serv
ant well remembers what short work We made
of the stock of tobacco we found III this noted
city of stanton; how we took bags of smoking
and caddies Of chewing tobacco into our camp
near town, took our sabers, camp hatchets,
knivcs-anything that we could cut with, ana
divided with those who used tobacco, but were
not so fortunate as to be in town at the time
some of US were making RAID on the factories
unknown to commanders. we really Hiu
so much tobacco in Co. NJ that some of the boys
would practice with it in target throwing. l
know that had some of this same tobacco left
vet when we went into Pennsylvania after
Early, when he burned Chambersburg.
After a few days rest we all took up our
march for one point by different routes, but
s1rmishing and Sighting, to get to Lynchburg.
This was an every day occurrence, we being
always in the front, if not on the skirmish-line
and TANKS, as cavalry. l know l was one Of
a few of my company who kept note of our
everyday occurrences as we could see them,
and, therefore many of us expressed our ideas
of the management of this or that movement.
I presume many of us have not to this day
changed our opinion, for there were surely
some OF the greatest blunders made that ever
were made in war, whereby man and beast
suffered most terribly and hundreds OF noble
lives were lost recklessly and carelessly. Now,
comrades 90 not be afraid to speak your opinion
as you saw things, especially of the fOrasing
parties. How the chickens cackled, the ducks
squawked or the bees stung; how the last flap
Jack was baked, the last sowbelly eaten; then
how we resorted 10 roots, bark, leaves, any
thing that would keep Us alive until we got
back 10 Gods country once more. Our Com
rade Dry especially invites honest criticism.
Attention. lst w. Va. Cav! Fall iu!-HENRY
Drummer, Co. NJ, LIST w. Va. Cav, Newton,
Kan.
The National tribune., 1885-10-15
Col. Rodgers aft Cnrinth.

To THE EDITOR: In THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE Of June II, in reviewing Gen. Maury's
account of the fight at Corinth, Oct. and A,
1862, you say: "Corinth was not stormed, u i
and Col. Rodgers did not fall within our lines
but some distance in front of them," which is
cOrroborated by Comradc James Z. Graham,
Co. c, AID Ohio who states that "Col. Rodgers
fell fully 100 yards from them," in The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE of July 2, 1886.
Was not our first line in the old rebel works
about three miles from COrnth? Maj Cham
berlain, correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
sette, says: In five minutes from the time the
rebels emerged from the woods they had pierced
our lines, captured several pieces of artillery,
and driven us from our works" Davies's
DiviSOn.l The balance of the fighting of the
Sd and 4th was within this outer line Of works.
Again, in speaking of the fight Of the 4th. after
the lines had been withdrawn to Corinth and
the attack on the right had been repulsed Col.
Rodgers led that on the left, he writes: "They
broke no portion of our line, although piles of
their dead lay under the very guns of Battery
Robinet. 1t was here that the recklessly- gal
liant Col. Rodgers, of the Cd Texas, fell while
attempting to scale the parapet. He was buried
ute 10 the bravery of an enemy"
Now, while Twas not on that portion of the
line; yet shortly afterwards-my diary shows
in conversation with some Of the artillerists
that were in Robinet during the fight, they
stated that Col. Rodgers and some five or six
mon attempted to cross the parapet, but were
driven back by them" PRIVATE" S1st Ohio,
Box 1907, Emporia, Kan.