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4 aFiela INV Cor the Rnrs.,

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: i have read
" Fighting them Over for the past three years
and have come TO the conclusion that some OF
the boys know more about the different battles
they were engaged in now than they dad at the
close OF the war. 1t is good thing, and hope
they Will keep II up until the last gun is spiked.
But while IL is a good thing 10 tight over the
battles of the past. what of the fnturer How
are the old boys who fought the good fight to-
dayf Are these champions who dld somuch
lighting and marching ready 10 dlef How
many Of the boys who marched in 81 are
sound and ready 10 do battle n0wl How many
would like 10 " shoulder kuapaacks, takearms
and " forward march as we did Of yore2 How
many could stand the "doublc-quick for
miles ms we were frequently compelled TO do
To settle these questions and many more i
would like 10 see AT our next annual Encamp-
ment al ST. LOUIS a grand field day for the boys
when they can engage IN blOSdless battles Tor
supremacy.
Heretofore our Eucampmeuts have been for
the officers 10 display their 0ratory. Al 81
Louis let Us have one day for the boys. where
we can meet ia friendly competition and have
good time. My idea would be 10 have a sort
Of picnic, where we could take our families
the fair grounds would he good piace-and
have an athletic program, with foot ball, sack
race, tugs Of war between different states, loot
racing at al distances from 100 yards 10 i've
miles, and under ali conditions, when even the
men with one leg might compete against each
other. What say you, comrades; wall We forget
We are growing old aud be boys again, il only
for day2 1 would like 10 hear personally
from all who would favor such day, and il
the comrades who would like 10 see il will droI
me postal l will consolidate their replies and
put the matter in the hands Of Commander
Fairchild.-JAMEs l.. SMITH, Co. NJ. Sth n. Y
III. A., and Co. q, 10th n. y, 81 Second avenue
Cleveland o.
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Anrrsnrrn soIdrer,s Grnre.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In transfer
ring the bodies from an old condemned grave
yard here the remains of u soldier was taken
up among the rest. The clothing aud buttons
denoted an officer. and our GAR. comrades
have been making inquiries rs to who it could
be. All we can ascertain is that the body was
buried there early il the war by some persons
who were conveying il homeward, and in con-
sequence Of the rapid decay OF the remains
were compelled 10 stop OF and bury them. As
the graveyard was free one. il did not require
any permit 10 bury, and hence there was no
record Of il. Those that remember tho cir
cunstance say that they were the friends and
some soldiers. probably comrades of the deceas-
ed. who accompanied il. and that when the
weather got cold they would come and remove
the body.
The Adjutant Of the Post is instructed 10
make inquiry through TIE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE of any person or persons during the early
part of the war who were conveying the body
of soldier through Wellsyille, o., over the
Cleveland 81 Pittsburg Railroad and were com
PEELED, in consequence of tho rapid decay, t.
stop of and bury the same here. We desire the
name of the soldier. so that We may make APP
plcatiOn for headstOne for the graye.-W j
HUNT. Adjutant, Henry Cope Post, No. 237
WellsVille, U.
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The InrurnbIeg,

They are a large army Homes and hospitals
and asylgms are built for them. and many a
private household has its sorrOwtul individual
members who, with old chronic diseases, are
given up by the doctors as hopeless cases.
Happily the army of incurabies is not as
large as some people think. There are many
people who have been given up So but are yet
alive and happy. Judge Flanders Of NeU York
was SO far gone that when he came to inquire
if Compound Oxygen could do anything for
him, the doctor hardly Jared 10 express the
faintest hope. Yet Judge Flanders is now
daily attending 10 business. The Hon. Viii
liam ID. Kelley thought his life work was done
over ten years ago. lie says now that he owes
the prolongation of his life 10 Compound Oxy-
gen. w. ii. Whitley. Esq, of Philadelphia,
considered himself one of the great army OF
lncurables," yet Compound Oxygen made
him a new man. And SO with hosts of others
Don't despair, however long you have been i'll,
or however hopeless may seem your case, but
write to DIS STARKEY & PALEN, 1929 Arch
ST., Phia.. Pa, for their Treatise on Compound
Oxygen. 1t will be sent free.
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Capture Of The Regular Ilattery al Atlanta.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your issue
Of Oct p Col. A. q. Bracket Sd II. ). Cav, al
ludes to the capture Of the Regular battery on
the 22d Of July, 1864, near Atlanta. lie says:
The battle Of Ezra Church compensated in great
measure for the msiorluues Of the 22d. when the
commander of the Army Of the Tennessee had
been klled. and battery Of artillery, with guns.
horses. guuners, and all complete. captured aud
marched into Atlanta without stopping. This WAS
Murrays battery Of Regular artillery.
was in that battery aud / find that Col.
Bracket is in error Ii was Battery +, I'd u.
5. Art, (TOtten's, Of Wilson's Creek fame, COM
manded by Lieut.. Murray. On the 2lst we
were ordered from the Sixteenth TO the Seven
tcenth Corps. About noon Of the 22d we were
ordered back 10 the Sixteenth. We had to 20
along a new-cut road through dense woods
As the head Of the column came near where
Mcpherson was killed the rebels swung in and
captured Lieut.. Murray, Lieut. j. G.. Breckin-
ridge, and, think Lieut. HOwley, and 10 OF
/ - men, with six cannon, four caissOns, and
about one half the horses, the other halt
being killed by our own men, who were rallied
h by Gen. Logan in person. The remainder OF
the boys OF this battery did not get into Atlanta
! until q month and a half later. j write this u
correct Col Brackett, rs the whole battery was
not captured, as detailed above. i. FEHREN
BAKER, Battery H. % u S. Art, Bogota, Jasper
/ Co Ill
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Gen. Makers CnnfurA.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: am an inter
ested reader Of the various discussions in your
paper and think IL somewhat queer that so
many Of our old comrades have such poor men,
cries In regard 10 the capture Of Gen. Walker
at Bermuda Hundred, Sergt Smith says that
after he was wounded, etc, he was carried 10
the camp Of The 9th Conn, where he remained
until the next morning, when he died" Now
as TO who captured him / can't swear, but was
told at the time that il was the 9th Ohio, but
j do know that he was not carried TO the camp
OF the 9th Conn, but 10 that Of the 10th Conn,
where j saw and cOnversed with him. There
IL no chance Of my being mistaken, as the 10th
was in camp all day and had nothing TO do but
"chin" prisoners. Neither did Gen. Walker
die the next morning, as C0mrade l.. G. Thomp-
son. Of my company Co B, 10th, was In the
the hospital at Fortress Monroe and took care
Of him afterward. Among other things he told
Us that If be had known that we bad such a
line Of works he never would have attacked us.
III. II. srAHDIsH, Co. 3, 10th Conn, Andover,
Conn.
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Tie Occupation Of Chattanooga.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / have pre-
served all the correspondence coming through
The NATIONAL tribune relative 10 the dis
pute as TO first flag and troops into Chatta-
nOoga, and il becomes now interesting reading
Interesting, because of the conflicting and
erroneous statements TO keep up the delusion
that the 91th Ohio were the first men and flag
into that city | have no doubt that a majority
Of those writing on the matter are honest and
sincere. The witnesses. however. should have
been better in lormod or drilled before coming
into court. If Moore, OF the 40,h Ind, is cor
rect, then Maj. Coulter, Col Barnes, Wilson,
Chrisman, Hoss0m and Kraps are in error
Maj. Goulter's statement approaches nearer
the facts when he says, " Imagine our surprise
and astonishment when entering the city Co see
the Stars and Stripes already proudly nOatiug
over the principal hotel of the town" He says
nothing of the flag on the fort at an elevation
Of 400 feet.
Col. Barnes says: About a. m. the rebel
officers took OF their piciets In Chattanooga.
Two line officers OF the 9th Ohio were dis
patched I'm dngout to cross over and bring
back the old mule ferryboat. Taking two COM
panies of the 97th Ohio, with colors Mai Moore
and myself with horses boarded the boat and
crossed deployed, climhed the steep declvity
into the fort, aud Immediately planted the
colors of the 9th on lis parapet."
According 10 Christmas statement Jackson
noOga several hours before the rebel pickets
were taken of, il Col. Barnes is correct.
Comrade Wilson says they swan the river"
aud Comrade Moore states they swan the
river, three fouTihs Of mile wide, as Skin
mishers." Col Barnes says they crossed first in
n dugout, then by mule ferryhoat. Col Barnes
is correct. Col. Atkins, Adj't LAWYER aud
Jared Hill, colorbearer Of the ed Ill., were
/ nearly two miles ia advance of the regiment 60
| ing into town. They saw on entering the place
the ferry boat with dag and troop in mid stream,
making desperate efforts 10 reach the city first,
aud with spur increased their speed, dashed up
TO the Crutehfeld House aud hoisted the flag
Of the 92d Ill. Mayor Smith rode up to the 92d
and offered TO turn the city over to us, but was
informed by Col. Atkins that his services in
| that direction was thankless Offering of sur
render; that we already had the city in our
| possession, and that soon as infantry came in
| we would push 10 the front in pursuit of his
| friends, then fleeing in a sOuthery direction
| III Wagner had the city in his possession, why
| did the Mayor come 10 US 10 surrender? Bows
| there is very little in taking the city at best
| IL was taken without resistance, EXCEPT the
brush we had coming over Lookout Point
| With due respect for your devotion TO regiment
State and Nation, j must say you madea respect.
able showing Of the ChattdnoOsa dispute, but
the honor aud glory if any. are the property
Of the 92d Ill.-JoHH III. BONN, Major, sd Ill.
ST. Louis, No.
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The lkt MInn. NJ GETTYSBURG.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In Gen. Walk
er's account Of Hancock at gettysburg" pub
lisbed in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE OF Oct %,
lac says:
Turning back, Hancock now beheld a regiment
coming up IA column from the rear, which proved
10 he the list MIMI Of his own corps. Riding up 10
Col. Colville, Hancock exclaimed, " DO you see
those colors2 Take theml" With "A loud shout
the brave Minnesota regiment, without waiting 10
come up Into line, rushed forward aud preciptaIed
itself upon the enemy, who proved to he portion
Of Nilcox's lAlabama) Brigade. The struggle was
fierce and deadly, hand 10 hand. The Colonel
Northumberland aud Major OF the lst MINI.
were struck down, with half a OF other Off.
GERS; two-thrds Of the regiment fell in this furious
assault, but the work was done and the line re.
stored
The regiment was not looming up in col.
umn." 1t had been in position in the line for
hours before this took place. Several members
OF the organization fell as they stood in line
before Col. Colville ordered the charge. Itwas
AT this point that the right wing of the Third
Corps was repulsed and driven back, and il was
TO stop the progress Of the pursuing Conleder
atos that the charge was made.-H. ID. O'BRIEN
LIST Mimi, East st. Louis, III.
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order. his horse was killed and he received a wound
ia the leg aud one in the head. lie walked slowly
few PAGES 10 the rear aud said =" fear the day IL
lost" ] thea dismouuicd oue of my Orderlies and
rendered the horse 20 the General who at hrst de-
cintd, saying d was not necessary. The horse,
however. WAS left with him. and | moved OF TO
rally portion OF the Iowa regiment, which was
beginning to break in considerable numbers. In
the meantime The General mounted, aud swinging
his hat in the air, called TO the troops nearest 10
him 10 fei!5~, Tho "a Kan. calamity rallied
around him. headed by the brave Col. Mitchell. In
a few moments the Colonel fell. severely wounded.
About the time "A fatal ball was lodged in the
General = breast, and lac carried from the held
"A corpse. Thus gioriously fell a. brave a soldier as
ever drew a -word-a man whose honesty oil pur-
pose wH- proverhial-a noble patriot aud one who
held liz liie az nothing when his country demand
ed h 81 him.
The above extract is copied word for word
from the official report of Maj, Sturgis, and is
true, every word Of IL, Andrew Geddes, OF Lin
coin, Ncb., 10 the contrary Notwithstanding
joseph CRACkLIS, Captain, "a Kan.
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Comrade John c. Taylor, No. IL Allen Place,
Hartford, Conn, will employ few comrades TO
exhibit his real sDar Uieus actual photographs
made at the front" from 1861 20 '65. Write
10 him for particulars.
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Mr.. J. f. Bonsal, New Bloomfield, Pa, clerk
of the several courts Of Perry Co.. Pa was affiict-
ed with rheumatism for more than thirty years.
After spending hundreds Of dollars with differ.
ent physicians. and trying every known reme-
dy without benefit. he used st. Jacobs Oil.
which effected an entire cure
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Mr.. Geo. w. Waits, General Agent, Freight
Department, Union Pacific Railway, San Fran
cisco. CAL. says: " have derived much bene-
ct from tho use of Red Star Cough Cure in
cases of coughs and colds" No opiates.
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New-York tribune., 1886-03-30
Work OYER THE 0REGoy STOPPED.

The heavy sea off Fire Island stopped all
work on the wreck OREGON yesterday. The MGR
rtt Wrerkink Compauys tug Eescne returned to tlis
city with five bags Of mail and considerable amount or
general cargo in all wtuty-niue pieces, which hdd Deen
taken from ihr wreck. The published In The I0sS
OF the Merritt Wrecking Comptny'S tugs lowering
around a suuken schooner off ShinnecOck which was
supposed be the vessel which sunk the Oregon turn
out pure invention, the wfecktng tugs nave not
been within many miles OF tho spot indicated theOry
which IA gaining considerable credence Is tbHl lne
-choCnrr which struck The oregon was one from lhe
eastward which was beating up To New-Gork.
One day last week while one Ot the Merritt company
the deck Of the oregon, over one hundred
feet below the surface Of the curious IacI was
noticed. II been matter Of speculation Tor yeas
far beneath surface the roll or the ocean
could bH felt Antonio hndcrs0n the diver on this oc-
ca-on, says Of the alieyways brtween the
houses the deck NJ the oregon nc seized trunk ana
while to make fast To 10 and send 1t M 10 he IT.
face, the roll OF tho sea continually swept MN ana INC
trunk athw2rtShps
on saturday IL was ascertSucd by soundlugs tnat the
Oregon lies nineteen fathoms or ia rect ~ NattT
Two miles OF the depth T. twenty-five tath"ih- II !.
reported, So that the buoy placed by ihe Jnted
States Lighthouse Department 10 mark the wreck Is
changing their 10 avoi the buoy may Ue IN
iurrd uy running over the standing spars.
NIuo bag, ~ mal we're recovered on sunday from ts
OREGON by tho wrrcsing Coupauy's -ruoo er EdWln
POst. and taken t. Staplcton : l. whenc" thry "er"
Office here Yesterday luls mall con
Of two closed bags from Lon Ion, ou3 hrlng Tor
Neg-Nork tld the other Tor CanHdt The bag Tor Ne"
YORK cont rd three registered b1 - from London. thAt
for Canada one !citer bag each Tor Montreal ana Htm
tor. There wa4 also dispach bag FOR tho Depart
Iucnt of Stte Warrington and SIX ba.s oi ne S,p'p
mall tvO of tar-e being frOm Lpnion toNew-lprt one
u London MoH;T real on" from tTis'gow 10 Kings
ton, Ont, out from pubin Tor Philadelphia, aud one
from Dublin fo7 sau Francisco
New-York tribune., 1886-03-30
CASES IN rHE GENERAL SESSIONS.

Philip o. CarlOmagnO. the keeper OF cheap
at No 81 CrOsbyst. who stabbed OVaunl
Cotu one of his Odgers on the night OF January IA,
and was convicted OF murder IN the second degree was
aragupd Yesterday for sentence. judge Cowing SEN
fenced him uprisunment for lifc aud said that he
h0ped the conviction would be warning to others Ot
the same race altogether too free IN the use OF
tho stilettO. NJ,
The trial OF Frederick A Goebhard Keeper on Black
wells Island who Ia charged with murder In tue nrst
degree killing Lnen Phibbs at the House otBlazcs
No l40 MulbsrTyst on January 80. was begun y5stor
day before Judge Gidersleeve. GOobhaId became 2e-
qu tinted with the Island aud visited her
On the night OF the killing he and the woman had been
drinking together. Assistant DstrctAtOrney FitzgoT-
aid conducted the pI osecution. jury was obtained
Robert ID. Weir, OF No. III st. Marks-aNe Brooklyn
on March went into barroom at No 81 ThOm ST.,
and there met Joseph Hamilton, large cOlorod man
who had bulldog which lie said he Wished to sell Weir
paid SIS for tho dog. When he was going out Hamilton
caught Weir around the neck and assaulted him until he
dropped the dog which the coorod man again secured
Hamilton pleaded guilty yesterday charge OF rob
berry and sentenced 10 twelve years in the state
New-York tribune., 1886-03-30
THOROUGHBRRDS ATAUCIION.

Hunt club men and hOrsemcn generally
gathered large numbers yesterday at the sale Of g. T.
Brysuus Iacen"rses and j. T. DaNess stefpec bSsers
Dawes is gOu!; out Of scepech1sIng AT least for
time and will spend the season Ill Europe. MI
BrysOns nine horses were brought out first FoTentinH,
fourytar-old mare by 81 Marin, was
bought by William Lake and Of Brighton Beach, for TlIO
Rlppiette, "A fuuTyrar-Jl1 sister of Epp.a, went TO
Charles L. Raliey, kentucky for $3.50. j. T. Mcdonald
the booknakeT, hought the thrre-y ycar-Old hl.y hy
Brambc, dam ArniCa, for $1,000. Poiiuurus, five
years Old by Geueg, dan Crownlrt, who I'm his three
year-od form won FOIha Sttkes AT Saratoga,
secured by Archibald Roger. for $500. old Cnrsair WHO
once had way of wihning unexpectedly, wont for
$500.
on Charlemagne the famous stcspechaser the bidding
was brisk At S2.4OU lie knocked down
to lis old trainer, Frank Ov-us, who also
secured the sevcnyeaI old mare II nda. by Iubmar,
Tor $3.50. William Lax land hought M'mmonist for
500, ana f. c. . Reilly secured Ulda the three
old sister to Unrest for Sj2j.
After the Dawes horses we're sold Old Disturbance,
once a pet with lovers OF seeplccnasing, WAS put
Abe Carson secured the veyear-Old gcldng FOR
500.
Among those present f. d. Morgan +. Gray
GrswOli, I. c. O'Reiliy, Stanley HOrtiner, T. G. La
Montague Carroll Livingstone, Michael aud Phip
Dwyer, Charles Reed James K. keenc Thomas Hitch
cock and A. j. CdSsatL
New-York tribune., 1886-03-30
NEuy FROu idh SUBURBS.

SUSPICIOUS ABOUT \ DRUNKEN MANS DEATH
A. Patrick Hughes, nisht watchman OF James ~
Modats bras. rolling NIL! IN Bipounc!d l'Vn~ulp ~
thu Glen Rl.N station on the Hnitrllt nla.'n VI
the Delaware. LackawGunl and western idiIoau VIZ
on his way home sunday morning HhOi' otL'r,h
hc nptcoi an object IN the water al NH pou az 'n
rolling mills anl at first took IL 20 pe 70 az &C., 49,, III and
dog But t1 certain ne went back !" vac ia @ hlu
got "A long poker with which lie brought ne H"1lluE
object 10 shore. lie then recognized tlat IL Ws' the
body nf He back % the mn an t'Il Iuuu
Smith. who watches mill on SUNDAY, or MS dHopNeIy
The two decided that they would leave h" oob Wlre
was iIughesbasteucI Moutcllir and called on Justice
SPOT and found that some OF the resient' ~ lho no
body cut Oi the wafer and ieco:nzcd II s thdt =" Jonn
r. Num- Of NOItClar. From sOuc railroad men thr
Justice learned thnt Mum had come up 'Tn'h neNhh
the > o'clock train Saturday night IN company
with "a named Mrs. sherman BON ~ lh'Ui
or .lcs' under the luHlcuco "i Hl1P', "hI
when tram reached tho Glen Ridge station MUM
insisted upon getting Oh, declaring II was MontcInI
After that nothing Of HIM a,diu allr". Tne
Justice thcn returned MOEtclar ana with Cousthpc
DOrrmuB search OF the woman. VINO llNcs hack
the mountains near Caldwell They louhd nor
Justice admitted her bail To- await the action ot the
Grand Jury. She said that In company with Munh sue
friends, and took tho last tWh non r. WHlcn I'IN''
Newark about midnight When Glnu ldd:e station was
reached they cot on thinking il was Monclar. When
q found their mistake they started To Walk down
the track 10 Montcair While they were crossing the
bridge she says, Mum declared tAat he must nave
drink and no down tho track, taking botlso oi
10 20 on an lie world catch up 10 her she dh so au
thought moro ~ u, Mann often stopped ~ Ms
brothers in Monclar nGht when 1t was ate She
know nothing Oi Nuun- death until the next
Mum married niau about iofty-h\o years olI'
whose wife had lctt him two years ago. y i sam
q wing his drinking habits. Mum at one time was
well OF ana conducted q largo boarding and livery
stable. The sherman woman lost her husband Two
years and Mum has been boarding WIN L"r slhoe
she is Hnuut thirty five old There are, however
number of people who firm i'm the belief tia. Munn
pushed Oh tho bridge in quarrel between the two'