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which threatens to rend in twain the coali-
ton that overthrow Mr.. Gladstone. Its first
feature provides that there shall be no evic-
tions where the tenant has paid three
fourths of the rent, and other features pro-
vide for the courts revising the valuation and
rents fixed in 1881.
The Tories say, with truth, that TO pass
such law is to practically reduce the rent
one-fourth; for if there is no power of evic-
ton to compel the full payment, it never
will be paid.
On the other hand, Mr. Parnell insists that
this bill is the very least that can be done
for suffering Ireland, and that unless it is
passed, and passed Immediately, unparal-
leled suffering for Ireland must ensue and
the Tory party be responsible for it all, and
and for endangering renewal of the dis.
turbances which preceded the settlement Of
1891
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Alexandria, where Col. Bolton had the honor to
be appointed Military Governor for brief time.
On the 9th of July, 1865, the regiment was
mustered out of the service with Col. Bolton
(now Brevet Brigadier. GENERALLY, under date Of
March IS, 1865.
regiment during its total service is evidenced
from the recapituIation of its history: BY
marches, LBS miles; by water, $500 miles;
by railway, 1911 miles-total, 10. i39 miles.
After the return Of Gen. Bolton to his home,
at NOrristOwn, he established the paper-hang-
ing business Shortly thereafter ne was made
Sheriff OF the County He also served term
as member of the Borough Council. At the
Spring election in 1877 he was chosen Burgess.
Shortly before this he was commissioned Major
General of Militia, Second Division, National
Guard Of Pennsylvania, comprising the
Counties Of Buck, Berks, Montgomery. North
amptOn and Lehigh, for the term of five years,
his commission expiring in January, 1873.
During 1877, while holding the command of
the Second Division, it became his duty to
order out and direct the movements of his
division IN suppressing the great railroad riots.
This service he performed acceptably, although
the responsibility was very great.
Gen. Bolton held until recently the position
of Inspector of Customs at Philadelphia but
like many others Of the men who contributed
valuable service to the Union, when age is fast
creeping upon them, broken down with disease
and wounds from their devotion to the flag,
having given the best years Of their life to the
country, they must now be set aside for the
more active political partizan, their services
forgotten in the greed for office. The recogni-
ton of their rights in the Government is dis
regarded and almost forgotten, and only by
labOred effort partial return made to a few
here and there whose cases are made special
matter; and yet it should be bOuDden duty
to each loyal man and woman Of these United
| States TO honor and place in position of trust
| and profit the Union defender whose record
as such is open to the inspection of all in
terested in the welfare Of those who have done
| so much to advance civilization in its truest
sense wherever our flag floats.
Reader, those were dark days in the long ago.
1t required deep love of country to keep I'M
| furnished the record Of services that these
| sketches have placed before you. They repre-
| sent days and nights of struggling onward to
meet an enemy that would have divided your
| country. These are thesurvivors Of that great
body of men, many Of whose bones lie bleach
| ing in the swamps of the South and among its
mountain gorges. Honor and trust them. One
| whose record as a soldier is untarnished will
ever be found true to any interest confded to
his care. VETERAN.
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PEN SKETCHES
From the Register Of Encampment No. ., Union
Veteran Legion, Philadelphia, Pa.
MAJ.-GEN. WILLIAM j. BOLTON.

Chatting with a number of the comrades Of
Encampment No. 2, Union Veteran Legion,
after the usual monthly feed, the conversation
turned upon the sketches of our comrades that
had appeared in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and
the question was asked the writer why he al
ways seemed to strike upon those who had
commenced their soldier career with muskets
on their shoulders, and did not give such promi-
hence, as seemed to be the general way of cor
respondents, to those decorated with the eagle
and star. The writer presumes that his admi-
ration for the men who shouldered muskets,
their devotion to duty aud obedience to orders,
their hardships and sufferings, has done much
to cause a love for the private soldier that will
only cease with his life; and yet, among the
many who secured the eagle and star there are
some who earned that distinction by pure
merit. Attention is called to one of that class
whose record of service is surpassed by none.
The subject of my sketch, William J. Bolton,
was born in NOrristown. Pa, Oct. %, 1888. He
attended public school until his entry at Ire
mont Seminary, from which he graduated to
learn the trade of machinist and engineer. AT
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CoMRADE w. T. SHERMAN.

If anything could have filled the full
measure of Gen. Sherman's popularity with
the comrades still more full, it was his con-
duct during the Goth Encampment. From
first to last he insisted that he be regarded
as a mere comrade Of the GAR, but as
most earnest and enthusiastic one, and en-
titled TO no more privileges or honors than
the humblest man who carried a musket
faithfully throughout. He was under the
orders Of the officers to just the same extent
as any other member of the Encampment,
and just as eager to obey them. He refused
10 take seat upon the stage, sat with his
own delegation throughout the proceedings,
and first, last and all the time was merely
"Comrade Sherman"
This was entirely in keeping with the
character of this illustrious mantle great
est Of our living soldiers, and one of the
very greatest military leaders in the history
OF the world. When in command one of the
most rigid and relentless Of executives, he
lapses at once into plain American citizen
when the work for which he was commits
stoned is done. There is no truer, more
genuine American than w. T. Sherman,
and every fiber of his being is in true accord
with the spirit of our institutions.
Rightly considered, there is no incident in
our history of which all Americans have
more reason 10 be proud than the spectacle
of Gen. w. T. Sherman sitting on the floor
Of the National Encampment, taking counsel
with the men who once formed the rank
and file of the armies of the Republic, as to
the promotion of the welfare of the mass OF
veterans 1t is the very apotheosis of popu-
lar Government 1t is the consummation OF
the highest hopes and aspirations of those
who laid the foundations of our free insti-
tutions. Here is a man who led quarter
OF million Americans to battle and to vic
tory, who is proud of place by the side Of
the humblest of those that followed him
and glad TO stand shoulder-to-shoulder with
them in concerning measures for the general
good.
He commanded more and better soldiers
fought more battles, and won more victo-
ries than Turenne, Prince Eugene, Gustayus
Adolphus, the Duke OF. Marlborough, Su.
warroff, the Duke of WellingtOn-or any
but the seven great captains Of the worlds
history-and yet to-day he esteems and hold:
himself but as one of the soldiers of the Re-
public, and on the same plane with every
other man who drew sword in behalf o.
her institutions when enemies assailed them
This hearty unison with the spirit of oul
institutions makes him as shining con,
trast with the arrogant and ambitious chief
tains whom the world is accustomed to, a!
his elevated and stainless character is to the
coarse, sordid, INSCRIPTIONS natures of Mari
borough, Prince Eugene, and Napoleon and
his Marshals.
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TIE IRISH QUESTION.

Substantially. the situation in Great Brit
ain is this: Mr.. Gladstone's Ministry was
overthrow because the measure Of relief for
Ireland which he proposed was regarded ms
too radical and sweeping, even by portion
of the party which had so far supported him.
This dissenting portion went over TO his OPP
ponents, the Tories, who, while stubbornly
maintaining the rights of the landlords and
OF England TO continue 10 rule Ireland as
conquered Province, have promised some re-
forms TO ameliorate the latters condition.
Mr.. Parnell, the Irish leader, asks the
Tories TO fulfill these promises, and do it at
once, SO that the great misery which threat
ems Ireland this Winter may be reduced as
Ear as possible. He has introduced bill
which he and his party think very mild, but
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NOBODY INDIFFERENT.

III Is true, we know, that large portion Vi
the survivors Of the war neither need nor
desire pensions or offices. But because they
are thus blest above their fellows does not
shut them out from earnest and active SYM
pathy with those comrades who are not so
fortunate. Every one of them has acquaint-
ances, friends, comrades of their Posts or
regiments, whose condition awakens every
generous, manly impulse. They are daily
reminded of deserving men, who are now in
dire need, whose physical state is daily tor
ture, and Mt whose heartstrings gnaw con-
tinually the humiliation and anxiety of not
knowing where the next mouthful of food
for themselves and little ones is to come
from.
No man who is proud of the fact that he
wore the blue honorably can be Indifferent
on the matter of pensions. Though he may
himself be SO wealthy as to be beyond the
slightest apprehension as to himself and
family, and though his friends and associates
may be equally well off, yet he still cannot
help knowing very many who served the
country quite as well as he did, who had
their constitutions wrecked by the trials
through which they perhaps passed together,
and who are now denied that relief which
they richly earned by their services and suf-
ferings.
We challenge any man who actually
served so long as year in the field to say
that he does not know one of his regiment
who was a good faithful soldier, and who is
now broken down and suffering for the
relief which is his due, but is denied him.
Every community has from scores to hun
dreds of these. The frequency of the appeals
to popular liberality by Posts through the
means of money-making entertainments
the yearly increasing amounts disbursed by
the relief committees, all bear indisputable
testimony to the insulliciency Of the present
W uASCb lnO JuoS NsuAAno va
its veterans.
The favor with which these entertain
ments are viewed by the communities and
the liberal patronage bestowed upon them
are the strongest testimony against the
niggardly policy of the Government.
Everywhere people are ready to take
money out of their own pockets to do that
which the Government should do, but
meanly and dishonesty refuses.
Every soldier has the most substantial
reasons for wanting the Government to SC
amend its laws in the direction of Justice a
to reach and relieve cases of hardship ant
restitution which are now but imperfectly
relieved by private generosity, or are no
relieved at all
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RECOLLECTIONS OF GEN. GRANT
BY His SOn---COl. R. D. Grant.

We take pleasure in announcing to our
readers the early appearance of a series of
articles from the pen of Col. Fred Grant,
who writes his recollections of the Nicks-
burg Campaign. He accompanied his father
on that memorable campaign through all ITS
weary marches desperate battles and the
long siege which eliminated July 4, 1863
IL is wonderfully interesting, full OF the
adventures of boy who was thrown into
the midst of wonderful scenes filled with
untold dangers and novel horrors 10 the
mind of a youth just from the quiet circle
of the home iireside.
Col. Grant tells many things interesting
and significant fer mature readers, while to
the boys his narrative will prove thrilling
beyond description here. While the story
is plain history of what he saw and heard
at his fathers headquarters and on the bat
tlefeld and bivouae, il reads like romance,
more entertaining than anything from the
pen of Peter Farley or Capt Mayne Reade.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. SEPTEMBER ls. 1886.
ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.

OUT or LIBBY PRISON. nd'ratiUe Of
Gen. T. s. Vests escape By the famous tnn-
mel By G. A. Robertson.
TIE CHARGE At J0NESB0R0.-The
last fight Of the atlantic Campaign. By
liqj. 7EcO WisemaR, A. A. O., Second Di-
VisioR, Fourteenth Corps.
ONE or Manu. story Of the acar. By
Mrs Bell Bal, Topeka, Kan.
FIVE DAYS IN THE FIELD.-A aOeIl-told
tale Of the battle Of the Wilderness. by
Walter H. Parcels, 50th N. y. Eng.
EAKEN INA priUates experience as a
prisoner Of aOdr. By II. E. Warner, Wash
iRgtOn, ID. c.
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THE VOICE OF THE COUNTRY.

The independent press of the country has
no patience whatever with the sham pre-
tense of economy made by the Presidents
yetoes of pension bills. The confident trum-
peting which accompanied these did at first
deceive many, but very little investigation
showed the utter hollowness and insincerity
Of the pretense.
The Detroit Epening Neirs is one of the
leading independent papers Of the country.
At one time it had the largest circulation Of
any paper in Michigan, and doubtless MAIN
tains that proud position. In a recent issue
il said:
The spigot and bunghole policy OF the present
Administration Is nowhere better shown than in
the vetoed pension bills The total amount saved
by the more than one hundred pension bills which
met the disapproval OF the chief clerk OF the White
House H. only $4,000 or n little more than enough
90 pay the Presidents salary for three months The
additional expenses involved in the prolonged ses-
sion of Congress and the extra printing caused by
the vetoes would probably eat up that sum or
more. This IL the spigot side Of the story. When
it came 10 the bunghole the President was prompt
10 pull out the river and harbor plug and let the
money run in a stream sufficient TO have granted
munifcent pensions all the soldiers and soldiers
widows who pelitioned for relief and have enough
left 10 take off liberal slice of the National debt
But this sort Of thing is 10 be expected from n man
whose mental vision is Of so small caliber thai
only minute objects can come within its range
Commenting on this the Toledo Sunday
Journal, a bright, newsy and thoroughly
independent paper, says:
The above from an independent paper, cages
the matter exactly. The ve,oes are not defensibie
\ from either the standpoint Of economy. Justice OF
siaiesmanshp, and deserve. they receive, the
| hearty condemnation of every citizen who views
with loyal pride the patriotic actions Of those who
suffered that the Union might he preserved. The
great heart Of the North will demand that entire
justice shall be done TO those who fought for the
| right
This is unquestionably the verdict Of the
entire country. Loyal-hearted men and
women are disguised with Chief Executive
who did not expose his own person TO the
perils Of the battlefield, now sneering at and
maligning those who did. And tens O
thousands who look coldly and indifferently
on ex-soldiers and all pensions, are out o
all patience with this parade of retrench
ment and reform, when the sum total sayeC
by more than 100 pension bills is not s.
much as is given TO make a single sunfsl
creek navigable in the interest of Con
CHEESEMAN'S reelection.
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GEN. GRANTS MEMOIRS.

The second volume of the Personal Memoirs
Of Gen. u. s. Grant, published by Webster q
Co., is at length issued and ready for delivery.
Many of our readers have been supplied with
copies Of volume one by THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UEE. and we are prepared 20 furnish them vol
ume two upon the same terms Volume two is
q trine larger than the first, and is bound in
the same style. The press work and binding.
however, of the second volume is rather better,
owing 10 less haste IN execution than in the
first. The price of each in cloth is $3.50. or 81
for tho two. We send either volume upon
these terms postpaid 10 anyone desiring the
xyork
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earthquake is that n.iihe, scientists nor
theologiaas give snr satisfactory exp'ana-
tions of it The SCIENTISTS pooh-poOb each
others Theories rrry earnestly, and the
preachers are uuerl al loss to point a moral
and adorn a tale with it, If it was the
wrath of God for the peoples wiekedness
why did it descend upon Charleston, which
is certainly no wickeder than scores of her
sisters, and pass by Cincinnati, Chicago and
New York, which are ,confessedly sinful even
TO the degree of SOdom and Gomorrah
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duty on foreign-grown hops imported into
the Kingdom. This is fair and square deal
ing with us, and we have no right to COM
plain, as we are treated precisely as other
nations. If Germany or France wanted to
get rid of our competition they would prob
ably resort to the lying pretext that Ameri-
can hops contained some substance that
poisoned the beer.
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TABLE or PENSION RATES.

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SOLDIERS should obliterate all party feel
ing In demanding the passage Of bill en-
bodying the recommendations of the GAR.
Pension Committee. The man who viii not
promise 10 vote and work for this should not
receive single soldier vote.
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THE sea serpent season is now near its
close, and it may be said to have been on the
whole advantageous 90 that Bourbon of the
deep. The evidence of having seen him is
more positive than ithas been for years, and
several scientists have admitted that there
might be such a thing rs a sea-serpent an
swering to the excited descriptions given by
alleged observers. On the other hand Bar
MINIS published offer of $4,000 for skele-
ton of sea serpent remains untaken.
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A NUMBER of designs for the New York
monument TO Gen. Grant have been submit
ted, but none of them are of striking merit or
novelty. One man wants to build the mon
ument entirely of glass in the shape Of three
cylindrical temples, one within the other.
Poverty of ideas seem 10 be the main char
acteristerics Of the monument designers of
to-day in all countries.
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ASK your Congressman and the candi-
dates for Congress 30 state squarely their
views on the National Pension Committees
recommendation.
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The sooner we can manage 10 forget the
Cutting incident, the sooner win our hurt
pride quit aching.
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IT Is like pulling teeth with England to
give up free trade, but the thing seems inevi-
table. The Government has aeceded to the
demand Of the hop-grOwers, and viii impose
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EVERY week sees the business outlook be-
come still more encouraging.
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