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IN FRONT OF PETERSBURG.
The 9th Pa. Boys Get Good Meal.

To THE EDITOR: Please call up some of the
old 9th Pa. Some of the boys might tell how
they lost their breakfast while acting as body
guard for Gen. Butler; also of the grand din
ner that few of US got in the house occupied
by the General as his headquarters. The fam
lily had vacated the house in hurry, leaving a
fine dinner served on the table, and when
part of the 9th arrived at the house and looked
into the dining room their feelings can be more
easily imag ined than described. The writer
was one of the first to see the dinner, and 81
simultaneously the word .'poison burst from a
dozen Threats. | had a piece of raw pork in
my haversack, and but few of the boys were so
fortunate. However, the temptation was too
much One of the boys made grab for pud-
ding saying I" If die / shall not die with an
empty stomach" 1t just took about three min
utes 10 clean that table. We then turned our
attention 10 the outside of the house, and found
plenty of Chickens -four, meal, potatoes, bacon,
and in fact everything that was good, but more
especially TO a hungry soldier. The good things
were soon appropriated, and the boys were soon
making preparations for grand feast, when
Gen. b. +. Butler arrived with his escort of
cavalry, and, taking in at glance the state of
affairs, ordered his cavalry to arrest every man
who had any chickens or other plumber $50 he
called it,, aud in few minutes the 9th Pa.-at
least, those of that regiment who were in the
yard-were hustled into an old stable and
guard put at the door. But there was another
door on the other side of the stable, and the
officer kindly forgot to station guard there,
so it was merely walk through aud around
the building. The General had by this time
become quite angry, and ran up to and caught
one young looking soldier who had no other
insignia of rank than blue cord on his pants.
WHO are your" said the Infatuated General.
81 am Maj. Pennypacker, commanding the
9th regiment" was the reply.
The General turned on his heel and walked
away, leaving US to our grand feast. But soon
the scene was changed. There was a heavy fog
all night, and early in the morning the John
MES (of Longstreet's force. / Think charged
the pcket-line, and then, forming line of bat
tie in rear of the picket-line charged both
ways, completely cutting off and nearly ami
hilating Gen. Heckman's Brigade and driving
us back to Bermuda Hundred, where Gen But
Ter left for Washington, leaving our old Tenth
Corps commander, Gen. Gilmore, TO get us out
of bad fix. / will tell some other time of
how he succeeded in getting US out, unless some
other more able to do SO will fall in" Com
rade Milton Taylor, of Co. H, could tell how it
felt TO sleep in feather bed on the field of bat
tie" GARRY" Co. {, 9th Pa, Denver, Colo.
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Who Lost . Badgei

To THE EDITOR: have in my possession a
badge of the Society Of the Army of the POto-
mac, which was picked up in the depot of the
Eastern Railroad at Boston, about June 81,
1885, at the time comrades were en- route to
the National Encampment at Portland. 1t was
announced at several meetings during the En-
campment week. but NO QUE has called for it,
1t was handed to meby Mr. Lunt, Conductor
of the Eastern Railroad, and to him l shall re-
turn the badge if no owner is found. l reported
these facts to Asst Adjt-Gen. Monroe of Mas
sachusetts, and he probably alluded to the same
in an Order from Department Headquarters
AS THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE circulates SO
widely in New England an allusiOn to this
matter in your columns will probably reach
the owner.-JAs. A. HALL, Damariscotta, Me.
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Burning Of the Flagship Black Hawk.

To THE EDITOR: In your issue of July %
Alfred Needs, of Latrobe, Pa, wants some one
70 write up an account of the destruction of the
flagship Black Hawk, Mississippi squadron, by
fire, where he says many lives were lost. AS no
one else has replied to him 1 will do so, and
being Surgeons Steward of the boat, know as
well as anyone about the loss of life. The
boat took fire about ii q. M, April %, 1865
and burnt to the waters edge i'll very short
time; but, out of a crew of officers and men OF
upwards of 400, only four lost their lives, and
they by fright. These were Serg't Judge OF
the Marine Corps, one cOlOred man, and two
white sailors, whose names do not remember
but none of these were men i'll the sick depart
ment. l think Mr.. Needs is laborng under a
mistake about which vessel the great loss was
on, for on the next day a. transport blew up
just above Memphis, on which had been crowded
some 900 soldiers and passengers, all of whom
lost their lives l was in Memphis nine days
after, when the bodies had begun to rise, and
counted 80 on one barge.-B. F. CLoUGH, Wor-
cester, Mass.
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WHAT REGIMENT -?
An Inquiry by a South Carolinian as to n ZOuave
Regiment.

To THE EDITOR: When the war broke out
in 1861 l was red-hot rebel, and remained
such till our Army of Northern Virginia laid
down their arms at AppOmattOx. On the day
of the surrender change of heart came over
me, and from that day to this | am for the
Union, heart and soul, and am ready to shoulder
the muSket again against all who are enemies
to the Union and the American flag. | don
want you to think, Mr.. Editor that am alone.
In this section there are thousands of ex-rebeIs
who feel as | feel. New, Mr. Editor, | would
like information through the columns of your
paper, and am sure some of your readers can
give it to me, and that is this: At the battle of
Gaines's Farm (some call it Gaincs's Mill,
June q, 1862, our regiment, the 1st s. G. Rifles,
Gregg's Brigade, A. p. Hills Corps, was charged
three times by regiment that wore red
Zouave uniform. This Yankee regiment made
the most desperate charge | ever witnessed in
the war. Our loss in repeling the charge was
60 per cent. of those engaged-killed and
wounded We were informed that this regi-
ment was given three giilS of whisky and gun
powder about 10 minutes before they made the
charge. Is this true? Can any of your read
ers give me the number of this regiment, and
to what State it belonged, and the name of
the brave Colonel who led these desperate
Yankees?
From that day to this have been fully con-
WINGED that no one Southerner is equal to three
Yankees.-JoHN 3. MASON, LIST S. c. Rifles,
Macon, Ga.
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
What Our Veterans Have 10 Say About
Their Old Campaigns.
ATTENTION, Sd N. H.
Speak Tn. Now. Like Little Men.

To THE EDITOR: / have been a constant
reader and admirer of The NATIONAL TRTB-
UNE from its infancy, and have contributed to
its columns once or twice before. In your issue
of Aug. 20 | notice communication from Com
rade Shaw, of the Sd \. H., with your own
comments on the same" Western VS.. Eastern
Troops" Now, Mr.. Editor, i was not a mem
Der of either Western or Eastern troops, nor
could ! raise my hand against either OF those
brave and noble troops, but my associates dur
ing the late unpleasantness were mostly
Eastern men, or Eastern and Middle States.
My brigade was composed of the 23d, 18th and
9th Mass. and my regiment (9th \. j., and /
had a fair chance TO measure the qualities of
Eastern men. which were not found wanting
by any means. / had two brothers i'll Western
regimentS-One in the lst Mich. Cav. and one IN
the Sd Mich. There is one thing that this
grand old Sd y. II. brings to my recollection.
At the battle of Drurys Bluf, Va, May l6,
1864, | was severely wounded In the right
hand. On my way to the rear met the Sd \.
H. formed in line of battle and ready to move
forward TO receive their rations of lead. was
bleeding, and, feeling faint from the loss of
blood, stopped TO rest on stump near the Sd
n. II. One of the boys stepped out of the
ranks, took a large red handkerchief from his
pocket, bound up any hand, then wet it with
water from his cinteen ! felt very much re-
freshed, and in conversation with him (Which
was very brief he told me i had better get on
to the rear, as had had enough, and now they
were to take their turn at it. / did move on
then latter thanking him and bidding him
good-by) only far enough to get out of range
of the minnies, and waited to see them come
together" which they did. All praise is due to
the Sd \. II. for the noble and determined stand
they took against the enemy. They were
fine lot of fellows, mostly large men, and made
fine appearance. The comrade who bound up
my hand was on the extreme left of the reg-
ment If he is alive and this should meet his
eye hope he will favor me with his address l
was only I6 years and six months old at that
time yet do not claim TO be the youngest
soldier as some are doing who are much older
than AMI l think l have a just pride for the
Eastern boys, inasmuch rs they were with Us,
and ever ready TO take their place in line in
defense of the Union, and i defy anyone to
point to a single act of cowardice on the part of
any Eastern regiment l ever met. Wonder if
the 23d S. c. remembers the reception they re-
eeived at the hands of the 23d Mass. that
morning? What regiment are your" was
asked. The rebels answered, The Odd S. C."
Then they received volley from the Odd
Mass. that put them off their balance. 1t was
very foggy and dark that morning, conse-
quently we were in close quarters at short
ranges. j. TINsMAN, Co. i, 9th n. j., Burn
side, n. Y.
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The Crossing at Little Rock Still Disputed.

To THE EDITOR: For some time past l
have watched your valuable columns, hoping
that some one of the Cavalry Division that
crossed the Arkansas River below Little Rock
at the time of its capture Sept. 10, 1863, would
"toe the mark" but they all execute flank
movements around the truth. l will not dis
cuss here as to what regiment crossed the river
first as the river was crossed at several points
about the same time But have noticed that
even "MerrilTs Horse claims the honor of be-
ing the first troop in the city. Now, the facts
are these: After the short but desperate fight
in the cottonfield just below the city, in which
the cavalry support of the famous Chicago Mer
chants Battery driven from its position
and the gallant captain of the battery killed,
the Third Brigade of the Cavalry Division, COM
posed of the 1st Mo-, the Sd Iowa, and the 18th
H., was pushed to the front. These three regi-
ments met with but little opposition, and on
reaching the outskirts of the city formed for
charge and went into the city with rush. 1t
SO happened that the 18th III. got the most di
rect route, and went into the city OH Markham
street, going as far as the hotel, which was some
three or four blocks from the State House, where
the men halted. The rebels were then on the
hills south and southwest of the city, on the
Benton road where they had battery planted,
and were throwing shells into the city. If the
Sd Iowa planted flag on the State House. they
must have passed around the 18th on one of the
other streets. | do not support Comrade
IL
chased 80 or 40 miles below the city at that
time, the pursuit being kept up only about
half way to Benton, some 10 miles. As to Com
rade BacOn's comments on Gen. Steele they are
entirely out of place. The writer was Orderly
for Gen. Samuel A. Rice, commanding the First
Brigade First Division, Seventh Corps, from
about the lst Of October, 1868, until some time
in July, 1864. Gen. Rice, who had been wounded
in the ankle in the battle of Jenkinss Ferry
on April 80, 1864, had gone home to die, when
/ was transferred to Gen. Stceles headquarters
as Orderly, and | had numerous occasions to
see Gen. Steele, especially Oh what was known
as the Camden trip" and can testify that he
was brave, skillful and loyal General, who
did all that it was possible to do; and the dis
asters that overlook our army on that trip"
were not due to Gen. Steele or the men he COM
manded but to the failure of Gen. Banks on
Red River. Had Banks not been defeated Gen.
Steele would have joined him at Shreveport,
we would not have been compelled to retreat
to Little Rock, fighting the battle of Jenkins's
Ferry on the way back, and in which we lost
many brave men. The result of Banks's "cot-
ton hunt" was disastrous in every way, not
only to his own army, but it also entailed a loss
of some 1000 men, eight pieces of artillery, and
large wagon train upon the army commanded
by Geu. Steele, although the latter whipped the
rebs in every engagement except the one in
which the wagon train was captured.-H. EN-
RICH, 18th Ill. Cav, Galesburg, Ill.
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volley where it would do them the most good.
We got out all right but the rebels secured
most of the ratons. In the melee | lost a
poke book containing 800 in greenbacks, the
l could not prevent the rebels from getting the
money after all.-W. c. YARD, Creston, Iowa.
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SLOWS Your Liyer!"
In the comic opera of The Mikado" h
imperial highness says:

ITO make. to some extent,
Each evil Liver
A running river
OF harmless merriment."
A nobler task than making evil livers rivers
of harmless merriment no person, king or lay
man, could take upon himself. The liver
among the ancients was considered the source
of all mans evil-impulses, and the chances
are ten to one to-day that if ones liver is in an
ugly condition of discomfort, someone's head
will be mashed before night
"How's your liver?" is equivalent to the
inquiry: Are you bear or an angel to-day?
Nine tenths of the pure-cussedness," the
actions for divorce the curtain lectures, the
family rows, not to speak of murders, crimes
and other calamties, are prompted by the irri-
tatisg effect of the inactivity of the liver upon
the brain. Fothergill, the great specialist, says
this, and he knows He also knows that to
prevent such catastrOphies nothing equals
Warmers safe cure, renowned throughout the
world, as a maker of
Each evil Liver
A running river
OF harmless merriment."
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goods send for catalogue to E A. Armstrong,
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Frightful Case of a COlOred Man.

contracted fearful of blood poison in 1889
treated by of the best physicians in Atlanta
They used the old remedies of Mercury and Potash.
which brought on rheumatism and impaired my digest
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"a Crick in the Back " is many times a symp-
tom of kidney disease. Hunts Kidney and
Liverl Remedy will cure it.
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MUSICAL STUDIES, by Margaret b. Harye>
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FLORAL. DEPARTMENT., Illustrated and
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For women in delicate health, no medicine
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September Sth. 1889

September Sth, 1888.
Dear Sir,-I find the sale of Scigel's
Syrup steadily increasing. All who have
tried it speak very highly of its medi-
as "God.send to dyspeptic people"
Faithfully yours,
(SigneD Vincent A. Wills,
Chemist.dcntist, Merthyr Tydvil
To Mr.. A. j. White,
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"Have you really abandoned the
use of slang altogether" was the
question which the Professor asked
of the student President of the Well
esley College Anti-Slang Society !;
and the young lady answered in
strong and pure Saxon. 'You Just
bet we have
A medical journal informs us that
the juice of two lemons taken in
water twice day for couple of
weeks will "clear the system of all
humor." From a careful perusal of
Mark Twain's latest story, we infer
that hiatt gentleman has recently
been sucking lemons at a pretty
lively rate.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crut.
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A sKIiFul SURGICAL OPERATION

The American Ambassador at Vienna,
MIR. kasson, has lately forwarded 10 his
Government an interesting account of q
remarkable surgical operation lately
performed by Professor Bilrolh, OF
Vienna, which, wonderful 10 tell con.
sisted in the removal OF portion
of the human stomach, involving
nearly one.third of the organ-and,
strange TO say, the patient recovered
the only successful operation Of the
kind ever performed. The disease for
which this operation was performed
was cancer of the stomach, attended with
the following symptoms The appetite
Is quite poor. There is peculiar indies.
cribablc distress in the stomach, feel.
ing that has been described ms u faint
"aU gone" sensation; a sticky slime col.
lects about the teeth, especially in the
morning, accompanied by an unpleasant
taste. Food fails TO satisfy this peculiar
faint sensation; but, on the contrary, il
appears TO aggravatc the feeling. The
eyes are sunkcn, tinged with yellow; the
hands and feet become cold and sticky
cold perspiration. The sufferers feel
tired all the time, and sleep docs not
seem TO give rest. After q time the pa.
tient becomes nervous and irritable,
gloomy, his mind filled with evil fore.
bodlngs. When rising suddenly from
a recumbent position there is dizziness,
n whistling sensation, and he is obliged
to grasp something firm to keep from
falling. The bowels costive, the skin
dry and hot at times; the blood becom.
ing thick and stagnant, and does not
circulate properly. After time the
patient splits up food soon after eating,
sometimes in sour and fermented con-
dition, sometimes sweetish to the taste.
Oftentimes there is palpitation of the
heart, and the patient fears he may have
heart disease. Towards the last the
patient is unable to retain any food
whatever, as the opening in the mites.
tines becomes closed, or nearly so. AL.
| though this disease is indeed alarming,
| sufferers with the above named symp-
| toms should not feel nervous, for nine
hundred and nincty.ninc cases out of
| thousand have no cancer, but simply
| dyspepsia, n disease easily removed if
| treated in proper manner. The safest
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and after taking two bottles of it feel
| quite cured.
| am, Sir, yours truly,
Mr.. A. j. White. William Brent
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SQUARE WORD.

My fySt is made for my second, but, If
partaken Of too freely, may lead my
second to my third; corrective may be
useful in the form of a bitter herb, my
fourth; but that will certainly not be
considered my ftth, although my FIRST
may be
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NUMERICAL ENIGMA.

consist of seven letters.
My 9, G, l, is an exclamation.
My Z, 3, 8, 4, is small insect.
Ny whole is piece of furniture.
SIBYL.
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PUZZLE.

am word signifying investigation,
and consist of six letters; the same
number Of words may be made from me
without transposition.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1885.
RIDDLE.

My whole Is used by painters,
But take away the tail.
What weary people seek for
You'll have there without fail.