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COL. CROSS.
The Author Of the Verse in His "Army Regula.
tiOns."

The Author Of the Verse In His "Army Regula-
tons"
To THE EDITOR: In response to c. A. Hale,
concerning authorship of poem, l inclose copy
of poem found in "a Collection of Choice
American Poetry" published in 1852 in
MULLERY, Warwick, N. Y, Jan. 8, 1885.
GIT is GREAT FOR OUR COUNTRY TO DIE"
o! 1t is great for country to die, where ranks
are cOntending;
Bright is the wreath of our fame; glory awaits
US for aye
Glory that never Is dim. shining on with light
Glory that never shall fade, never, OF never
away.
Warrior youth on his ber, wet by the tears of his
love-
Wet by a mothers warm tears; they crown him
with garlands of roses,
Weep, and then joyously turn, bright where he
triumphs above.
Not to the shades shall the youth descend who for
country hath persisted;
Hebe awaits him in heaven welcomes him there
with her smile;
There at the banquet divine, the patriot spirit is
cherished;
God loves the young, who ascend pure from the
funeral pile.
Not to Eysian fields by the still, oblivious river;
Not to the isles OF the blessed, over the blue roll
Ing sea;
But on olympian nights, shall dwell the devoted
forever;
There shall assemble the good, there the wise,
valiant, and free.
o! then. how great for our country to die IN the
front rank TO perish,
Firm with breast to the foe. rctorys shou, in
ear
Long they statues shall cro,un in song our men,
Org cherish;
We shall look forth from heaven, pleased the sweet
music to hear.
-Tuyuss n Percifal
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Charlottesville.

To THE EDITOR: l want to call Comrade
Warmers Oath N.Y.) attention to his commu-
nication in THE TRIBUNE of the 25th ult. in
regard to the battle of Charlottesville, May 2,
1864. He tells about a wild goose chase through
the woods, and thinks the 154th n. Y and I'D
Pa. belonged to the same brigade with him.
will jog his memory by reminding him that
the 154th n. Y. and I'D Pa were not in his
the Second-Brigade at that battle, but were
in the First Brigade, commanded by Col. A.
Bushbeck, and that the First Brigade was
composed Of the Goth and 154th N. Y. and 9th
and 73d Pa. would also remind Comrade
Warner that his brigade did not take any part
in the battle of Charlottesville, May 2, 1864,
IS Gen. Howard had sent them on reconnais-
sance looking for Jackson, whom they did not
find, for they went in the opposite direction
Had the brigade been left in the works, in
stead of sending it away, Jackson would easily
have found it; and as it was strong brigade,
there might have been different story to tell
about Charlottesville. Upon the consolida-
ton of the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps, in
1864, the 119th, 134th and I54th NY. and 9th,
73d and 109th Pa. formed the Second Brigade,
Second Division, Twentieth Corps, commanded
by Col. 4. Observation-Disclosures. BIRD, Ellicotvlle,
N Y
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Experience of Well.Known Temperance Worker

Mrs. M. Gator, widow of an eminent physi-
clan of Camden, New Jersey, is we'll known as
an active worker and lecturer in the Temper
ance cause. A few years ago she was sufferer
from weak lungs, and in a very feeble condi-
ton. She had become martyr to neuralgia.
Her vitality was almost gone, and her voice was
a mere whisper. While in this condition,
she heard of Compound Oxygen, rom the use
of which she recovered her health, and is now
conspicuous for her energetic public work in
the great cause which she has so much at heart.
To reporter of the press who interviewed her
recently she gave an exceeding interesting
account of her experience with Compound
Oxygen, from which me make an extract.
On inhaling the Oxygen" she said, al felt
a new and strange sensation. At once l had
relief; not complete, of course, but none the
less gratifying. With each days inhalation
grew stronger and better i had much to regain,
for my lungs were seriously impaired, and my
body was greatly emaciated. In three or four
months Uas a neto tp0man. NOw hare a good
appetite, and / sleep sceH. am gerry actively en-
gagged in Temperance and Bible work, and find no
difficulty in addressing an audience Of tSo or three
thousand people,"
A !" Treatise on Compound Orygen" will be sent
free by DRs STARKEY & PALEN, 1109 and I'LL
Girard St. Phila, Pa, to any one who will
write to them for it.
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A DEAD BEAT
Who Has Been yictimlzIng the Kansas Comrade,

Who Has Been Victimlzing the Kansas Comrades.
To THE EDITOR: There is an individual who
is going the rounds. He represents his name
as 81. Campo, and himself as belonging to G.
AR. Post i'll st. Louis. He claims to have
served in Merrills Horse. or Cd Mo- Cav, Co.
G. He claims to be professor Of languages,
and as having taught German and Latin Ian
guages in select school in st. Louis that he
lost all his school furniture and everything he
had by fire, and that he had no insurance. He
is German by birth, and some SO or So years
of age; he wears glasses and has quite pro-
fessional look. After he finds out a comrade of
the GAR. he is very particular to address him
as "comrade," and that very frequently. His
plan of operation is to borrow a small amount
for q few days, or get some comrade to stand
for his board bill for short time until he can
get some money from his wife in st. Louis,
who he claims has a small amount of her own.
He victimized a comrade here out of one week s
beard, at 81 a day, and he borrowed amounts
from several others, beating the boys here out
of about $15.-A. j.. PORTER, Adjutant Ante
tam Post, No. GA, GAR, Dept of Kansas.
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1st New jersey Cavalry.

To THE EDITOR: In your issue of Dec.
Warren G. Hursh, Co. G., LIST n. J. Cav, gives a
description of said regiment-and good one,
too. and correct, with one exception, believe.
The regiments composing the First Brigade
(Davies's) of Second Division (Gregg's) con-
sisted of the LIST n. j., list Pa. tour twin, LIST
Mass, 9th Ohio and 10th NY. Comrade Hursh
should have put 9th Ohio in place of LIST r. 1.
Our first Colonel (Wyndham) was an English
officer; Lieut. Karge a Polander, after
wards in command of the I'd n. ]. Cav, l be-
lieve. Comrade Hursh should have mentioned
Coils. Kester, who resigned from i'll health
Janeway, who was killed, l think, at Din
woodie, and c. II. Beaumont, who was in COM
mand of the regiment when mustered out at
Trenton. Cannot some of the boys who were
with Custer on the raid we made towards
Charlottesville, Va, in the Winter of '64 give q
description of it? Fitzpatrick made his raid at
the same time towards Richmond-the time
Col. Dahlgren was killed.-FRANK V. GOOD
MAN, Co. F, LIST N. J. Cav, Browns Park,
Unitah Co., Utah Ter.
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JULY 4, 1868.
The Way Premises Command Celebrated 1t At
Helena. Ark.

Helena. Ark.
To THE EDITOR: On the morning of July 4,
1868, before it was yet light, the Johnnies
drove in our picket-lines and followed them SO
closely that we ran our 10-pounder Parrott
guns out by hand and opened on them without
stopping to harness our horses. A rebel bat
terry took position behind the buildings owned
by the rebel Gen. Steadman if my memory
serves me right, situated on the river bottom
land one and half miles below us, and began
throwing shells, which went over our heads.
We responded with such precision that they
took shelter behind the range of hills in their
rear. Soon after they brought two of their
guns back to their old position By the time
they had fired two rounds we blew up one of
their caissons and made the atmosphere so
warm that they took cover again out of our
range. About 10 a. m. their infantry charged
and captured two brass guns on the bluffs on
our right, near the old cemetery and were
hauling them off by their prolongs, when we
were ordered to turn our guns on them. Bill
Miller, commonly called Battery Bill" gun
ner of No. /, and as good gunner as ever
sighted gun, called for percussion she'll,
and, turning to the Captain, who was standing
iii rear of his gun with field-glass to his eye,
said, cap, watch this shot!" gave the COM
mand fire" There were about % men clus-
tered about and hauling off the gun, when the
shell exploded in their midst, and we could
see shower of arms, legs, coats, hats and boots
flying in the air. Those fortunate enough to
retain life and reason changed their minds
quicker than the Postmaster who said he would
like to see the Administration that could
change its politics quicker than he could, for
they left those guns right where they found
them. The gunboat Tyler was firing right
over our battery. when defective shell fred
by her exploded, taking about Is pounds of beef
out of the rump of one of the led-horses that
l was riding. About II a. m. our cooks carried
US some coffee and hard tack for our breakfast.
Soon after the JOhnnies were in full retreat,
leaving two full regiments colors and all
complete-who had marched down ravine
into a trap, where we had a cross fire on them.
They could not get back. so they were marched
in, loaded on a couple of steamers and started
up the Mississippi. In looking over the bat
tleield l saw in deep gully, where q rebel
Captain and his company had lain as a reserve,
when a shell from the gunboat Tyler dropt
among them, killing the Captain and six men,
and wounding IL others, some being struck in
as many as three places. Our force-artillery,
infantry and cavalry, all told-numbered about
1000, and We had defeated about 10000 under
Price, Van Dorm and Administrations w.
CORNISH, Post 1876, Bayard, Iowa; Battery K,
LIST BIO. L. A., and Co. c. 5Sth Ill.
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Rsnnahannnrk.

To THE EDITOR: How easy it is for one to
say another is in error, as Capt Hutchinson
says | am in regard to the fight at Rappahan-
mock Station. l claim and can prove that Co.
ID and IL iiles-24 men-Of Co. B (the company
that / belonged to- were on the skirmish- line
at the battle mentioned, and that was wounded
while carrying the rife-p pits. There were
troops upon our right and troops upon our left.
l could not tell to what regiment they be-
longed, and do not claim and never did claim
that the 12lst n. Y, or the Second Brigade,
First Division, Sixth Corps, did all that work;
but l do claim that the facts are as have
stated, and hope that all comrades will see how
easy it is to be mistaken when they consider
how long a skirmish line was-sometimes SO
long that one could not always tell what was
going on at all points. Hoping that Capt
Hutchinson will be convinced that ] was on
that skirmish-line, remain, as ever, yours, in
F., @. and ii. B. ROUND, Winfield, Kan.
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ASafequard.

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The same opinion Is expressed by the
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A LETTER OF THANKS TO CARROLL.
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH CORPS,
WkRHESToN JUNCTION VA July g,


WARRESToN JUNCTION, VA, July q. 90.
Col. s. S. CARROLL, Comm'd'g Brig, Second Corps
COLONEL: wish to thank you for the prompt
support you gave me the evening OF the "a OF
July at Gettysburg, on the extreme right OF Gen.
Amess Division. was particularly weak at that
point, having only single thin line, through winch
the enemy were just breaking. You came up
quickly, deployed, and moved into position after
your old style. For this. and your subsequent pa
tience i'm strengthening that position until the close
of the attack on the Sd of July, tender you my
hearty thanks.
Respectfully, O. o. HOWARD,
Maj .-Gen.
The repeated calls for help appearing in Gen
Towards letter of March q, 1864, are hardly
reconcilable with the statement, in substance,
that Carroll's Brigade was sent to him without
solicitation, and the fact that Carroll was conf
PEELED to remain on the line of the Eleventh
Corps until the Sd, when in fact the battle was
over. shows how he twas enabled to shorten
my front" Further comment is unnecessary;
suffice it to say that Gen. Howard does not,
and perhaps cannot. write History. JOHN
g. REID, Chicago, Ill.
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"Frozen Facts" is purely American express
sion, and one, too, of recent origin. 1t has the
merit of attracting attention, and also seems to
bear conviction of truthfulness On its face. We
make room in our issue to-day for fact of this
character. A correspondent, Henry Whiting,
Esq, of Boston, Mass, says: "Dr r. V. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has cured my son
of feversore of two years standing. Please
accept our gratitude" We believe it to be a
fact, whether frozen" or otherwise, that
America needs more men like Mr.. Whiting !;
men who act, men who investigate truths, and
seize opportunities.
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AYERS
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fs not new claimant for popular conf
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troduced where its use has ever been
abandoned, and there is not q person
who has ever given it a proper trial
for any throat or lung disease suseep-
tible of cure, who has not been made
well by it.
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL has,
In numberless instances, cured obstinate
cases of chronic Bronchitis, Larnygitis,
and even acute Pneumonia, and has
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needed in every house where there are
children, as there is nothing so good as
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL for treat
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These are all plain facts, which can be
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as there were the symptoms. She commenced
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ONE OTHER MATTER.

Knowing Gen. Whitaker as l did, and the
facts as stated above, the following statement
of Col. Richards is matter of establishment to
me. In controversy with Gen. Whitaker as
to who carried the flag to the top of the noun
tain, an honor claimed by Whitaker for one of
his men of the 9Th KY, Col. Richards says TO
him off it is any honor to carry flag to the
top of mountain the day after battle, and
when those who did capture it are here, you
may have it; but think it an empty honor.
You also claim the prisoners we sent back to
you yesterday, and two pieces of artillery cap
tured and passed by cur skirmishers. We will
endeavor to have these matters put in their
proper shape"
"Col Gotham made Gen. Whitaker take
back the assertion about the prisoners and the
artillery, but they did carry flag to the top
of the mountain the day after the battle"
Now, let Gen. Whitaker be called to the
stand JOHN N. BEACH,
Surgeon, 40th Ohio, West Jefferson. o.
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ion, Fourth Corps.
This, think, is conclusive evidence that no
skirmish-line or any other line of troops pre-
ceded our brigade up to and beyond the Craven
House, position we held until, our ammuni-
tion exhausted, we dropped back, relieved by
Carlin's Brigade of the Fourteenth Corps,
which came up from Chattanooga Valley.
Col. Richards is undoubtedly correct i'll his
statement as to the advance of his regiment
along the path at the base of the palisades to
point for beyond that reached by our regiment,
a movement that seems to have been without
much opposition; but it was later in the day,
after Whittaker's Brigade, the "skirmish-
line," had done the work near the Craven
House. If he still thinks he is correct in his
statement as to the capture of the guns and the
fierce assault on the rebel left; still claims the
honor for the 29th Pa. or Geary's Division, will
he be kind enough to give the names of those
killed ON this part of the field? l was there,
and since reading his article have talked with
many others who were there and helped bury
the dead the next morning, and i am positive
there were none of the White Star Division
killed at that point
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WAR between England aud Russia
seems less and less probable as the
days pass without reaching the crisis
of fiat refusal from Russia or an au.
thoritative demand from Great Britain.
The strong likelihood now seems to be
that the Northern boundary of Af-
ghanistan, the dividing line between
the Russian advance and the English
defense, will be won, not by breech,
leaders, but by surveying instruments.
-PhiLa. Press
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A DECIDED change for the worse in
General Grants condition has taken
place. and he is so i'll that bis physicians
are obliged to be with him almost con.
stantly. The Generals family are
very much alarmed at the critical aud
unexpected change that has taken
place, and are evidently preparing
themselves for worse developments.
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wAsHlNaToN5LETTeR.


From our regular Correspondent
WAsHNeToNgD. c., March %, 'S5.
The surprise of the week was the
nominations for the British and other
foreign missions. The most impor.
tant nomination of the list, and one
of the most important in the gift of
the government, that Of minister to
Great Britiau, goes to Mr.. e. j.
Phelps, of Vermont, a man utterly
unknown to the country at large
Senator Pendleton's appointment to
Berlin was not wholly unexpected,
and occasions no surprise. Governor
McLane's appointment to France rec
ognizes one Of the bright lights of
Maryland democracy, and returns to
the diplomatic service a gentleman
who has already won distinction in
that line of duty. kentucky gets an
other disappointment in the failure of
General "Cerro Gordo" Williams to
receive the Mexican mission, that
prize going to Georgia, in the person
of Henry r. jackson. No name is
sent in for the Spanish mission, but it
is commonly understood that Mr.. Eos.
ter will return to that country to com.
plete the negotiations on which he has
been engaged affecting our CONNER,
cial relations.
Mr.. Cox, who goes as Minister to
Turkey, has earned holiday by hard
work in Congress, for q quarter of
century, but the country will part
with him with regret. For some rea-
son or other Congress of late years
has been steadily becoming more and
more uninteresting. 1t may be be-
cause there are no great emotional is
sues, or because dreary industry has
become the fashion as against the ora.
torical traditions of earlier times.
But whatever the explanation, the
fact remains; and now that Mr.. Cox
is to go, the proceedings will be more
dismal than ever. He is almost the
last survivor of group Of men of ell
oquence and ready resource, who ten
or fifteen years ago were the principal
figures in Congress. And the new
men do not make good the vacant
places.
Mr.. Blaine is still busy on his new
book. He expects to have it complet.
cd by the middle of the summer, and
is very well pleased with what he has
already done. He has a critical eye,
and has the rare quality of being as
able to criticise his own work as that
OF another. He expects this work to
live and to give him name when a
long line of ex. Presidents have sunk
out of sight. He is reported to have
been very we'll pleased with Mr..
Cleveland, and to have expressed the
opinion, after his call upon Mr.. Cleve.
land at the White House few days
ago, that the new administration
would be a success. He thinks Mr..
Cleveland meant every word he said
in his inaugural. aud that he is not to
be moved or shaken in bis determine.
tion by any amount of political pres.
sure. 1t is the general impression
here in Washington that Mr.. Blaine
feels friendly towards Mr. Cleveland
and thinks it will be the duty of the
republicans in Congress to give the
President every possible backing In
carrying out the policy he has laid
down.
The season" at Washington is
practically over, and the Senate will
probably close up shop to-day. But
there are many who expect brilliant
past-Lenten social display.
Mr.. Arthur LETT Washington to-day
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SOME anonymous genius announces,
that the appointment of Minister
Phelps was due to the influence OF
Henry Ward Beecher. This is either
a slap at Beecher or shabby stab at
Phelps.