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would have been chosen rs place of resi-
dence rather than Mexico. He would have
found a larger selection Of congenial spirits
at Toronto and Montreal than at Pasodel
Norte, in the State of chihuahua.
Calmly considered, it appears that he vol
UNFAIRLY went to Mexico and placed himself
under the operation of Mexican laws. Then,
presuming upon the fact of his citizenship
in the United States, he deliberately placed
himself in contempt of court. Naturally
the Mexican authorities propose to enforce
their laws, and every fair-minded American
citizen viii stand by them in their effort
If Mexican comes to this country, he
does not escape the penalty of any violation
of our law because he is Mexican. Every
civilized nation has one law for all persons
within its borders, and in no other way can
society be protected.
Gov. Ireland, of Texas, has seen fit to
write clustering letter TO Secretary Bayard
threatening what Texas would do if the
Federal Government did not come to Cut
tings rescue Uncle Sam should take
single to the doughty Governor and spank
him, if that were practicable, but it will not
be necessary, since the effort of the turbulent
classes on the Rio Grande to involve us in
trouble about this case will prove abortiye.
In Bexar County it may be popular to
threaten friendly power with our superior
force, but the country at large cannot be
duped into foolish step.
Our relations with Mexico are exceedingly
close, and are destined to become more so
year by year. Our capital has built railways
across the border, and we want to trade in
coffee, mahogany, and plows, and not to
fght-in an unrighteous cause at any rate.
Forty years ago we made willful and I'M
warranted assault upon our weaker neigh
Dor, and despoiled her. The best judgment
of the civilized world has since condemned
the act, and there is no danger Of its repe-
tition without sufficient provocation.
President Diaz is one of the ablest states
men of our times, and in position of great
difficulty is steadily securing the advance
ment of his country on the roll of the ma
tons. He deserves the countenance and
moral support of this Government in the
enforcement of the law, and he will have
the support Of the people without reference
TO any indiscreet demand our Secretary Of
State may have hastily made.
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THR NATIONAL EScAMpMENT.

After passage across the Continent which
was continuous ovation, the Commander
in-Chief and suite arrived at San Francisco
on Sunday afternoon at the head of long
trains OF visitors 10 the National Encamp-
ment, and were received with an enthusiasm
before which everything in the previous
history Of California pales. Never have the
people Of the Pacific Coast been 80 wrought
up TO any occasion as 10 this. The whole
State Of California is astir TO royalty enter
tain the visiting veterans and their friends
San Francisco has arrayed herself in robes
Of queenly magni6cence and beauty to do
honor to her myriad Of guests, and her ex-
ample is followed by the suburban towns,
and even by those in the more distant parts
Of the State Bunting blazes everywhere,
and patriotic designs are as common as
street signs Each place yies with the other
in the earnestDess Of the invitation 10 the
comrades, and The wearcr Of GAR. badge
IA everywhere treated M IL he were some
Grant prince returning 10 his fathers man.
sion.
The CaliSornians are the most hospitabls
people in the world. and mo one arouses the
very enthusiasm q hospitality in their
hearts Ike 40 old soldier who has served hii
country faithfully and well.
Besides being very pleasant to the recipi
ents Of the hospitality, THE viii result il
substantial benefit 10 our noble Order Th'
Posts beyond the mountains have beer
swelling rapidly in numbers as the time 70
the EneamPment approached, and the pres
cni enthusiasm will take into the Gran,
Army substantially every old veteran Of
the Pacific Coast Then this ouipouring q
enthusiasm IL reacting on the rest Of III
country. The cagerness Of California TO d
honor TO the veterans In awaking spirit {
emulation in other parts Of the countr,
which wiz rebound 10 the esteem in whic
The GAR. is held everywhere.
! The reports agree that the Encampmer
is proceeding with it's business in a spir
! that accords well with that in which Il
people Of California welcomed IL 10 the
{ homes, and the happiest results are conf
IDENTITY anticipated.
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THE woMAS,s RELIEF CORPS.

Last year Mrs. Sarah Z. Fuller was urged
by all who knew her at all well as the most
I'll woman in all the country TO succeed Mrs.
Kate Il. Sherwood as National President Of
the Woman's Relief Corps and carry forward
with undated yigor the splendid work in
augurated by that lady and Mrs. Barker.
She has more than justified all that her friends
said of her, and her modest annual report
demonstrates this Her administration has
been a success. Its substantial and apparent
results are shown by an increase Of mem
bership to $4,000, or gain of nearly 6,OOO,
and So, 900 collected for the relief of needy
veterans and their families This is glo-
rious showing.
Still better, if possible, it has been work
that cannot be expressed in figures and
tables-a consolidation and perfecting OF
organization by wise, thoughtful admins
tration. She has gone on building up the
Order everywhere, and maintains its prog
ress by handing il over to her successor
much stronger and more efficient than she
received il.
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RECOLLECTIONS OF GEN. GRANT.
By Els Son---COl. F. 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 rccollections Of the Yicks-
burg Campaign. He accompanied his father
Oh that memorable campaign through all its
weary marches, desperate battles and the
long siege which eliminated July 4, 1863.
Ii IL wonderfully interesting, full Of the
adventures Of boy who was thrown into
the midst of wonderful scenes filed with
untold dangers and novel horrors 10 the
mind Of a youth just from the quiet circle
Of the home freside.'
Col Grant tells many things interesting
and significant for mature readers, while 10
the boys his narrative win prove thrilling
beyond description here. While the story
IA plain history Of what he saw aud heard
al his fathers headquarters and on The bat.
tle6eld and bivouac, IL reads like romance
more entertaining than anything from IA,
pen Of Peter Farley OF Capt Mayne Reade
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CAPT. CHARLES N. BRUMM.

Charles n. Brumm, who represents the 18th
District Of Pennsylvania. was born al Pottsville.
Pa, June 9. 1888, Of German parents. When
he was four years old his parents moved to
Minersville, thriving town four miles west Of
Pottsville, where young Brumm was reared
and has lived ever since, except one year in
Philadelphia. one year at Gettysburg College,
and three years and three months he served in
the Union army. He was practically thrown
on his own resources at IS years of age, when
he left home and entered himself as an appren-
tiee to learn the matchmaking trade. After
working four years at this business he entered
the office of the late Howell Fisher as law
student, and read law until Abraham Lincoln
called out the first $1,000 troops for three
months.
Young Brumm enlisted as private in what
was then known as the Ringgold Rifle Company
of MiDersville, and was elected First Lieuten-
ant. The company was mustered into service
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TIE ALIEN LAND BILL.

The House of Representatives on Monday
of this week passed Judge Payson's bill to
prohibit the acquiring Of title to land in the
Territories of the United States by aliens
The bill provides that person must either
be citizen, or have declared his intention
10 become such, to enjoy this privilege.
The bin is aimed at the British capitalists
who have acquired vast areas of land in the
country to the detriment Of our own people,
who have been oyerslaughed by the weight
OF capital, and the rapacity Of these English
lords, who have been seeking TO build up
here estates in place Of those gone TO pieces
in ireland. The insolence Characteristic of
the Briton has been trsnsplanted TO the
plains Of Texas, Colorado and Montana, and
the rights Of neither our citizens nor our
Government have been youchsafed any
respect, except so far RS force was appre-
hended
The time has come TO stop this business.
We want no dukedoms bull. mp on this side
Of the Atlantic, and we do not propose
10 submit TO the ENGRAVING Of the de-
caying system Of Europe upon our
institutions. IL is an evil which we cannot
avoid, that our own citizens should gain
title TO great landed possessions, the safety
Of society depending largely in the future
/ upon the small farmer who acts as balance
wheel TO its discordant elements. The time
is not far distant when the agrarian question
will he the vital one, and the problem Of
how 10 satisfy the popular clamor for land
will be most serious.
In less than five years all the acreage o
the West available for agriculture will hay,
passed out Of the public domain. An en-
hanoement Of values will follow and rap
idly grow with the lapse Of time. 1t maj
be that emigration will turn southwark 70
time, but up to the present little or NJ
new element Of population has been intro
duced in these regions since colonial times
The growth Of white population here ha
} been from natural increase chiefly, except Il
the more westerly portions.
} The shadow of the impending difficult,
has failen across Congress, and the wisest @
our public men are giving the matter atten
ton.
: ii is to be hoped that before Congres
expires next March the alien land bill vii
. become law.
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THE MAIMED sOLDIERs.

The United States Manned Soldiers
League has been represented in Washington
for week or more by comrades admirably
calculated for that duty. These are H r.
Storey, Hon. Francis A. osbourn and Rev.
Benz. +. Robb. Comrade Storey was men,
Der Of the Tooth Pa, and lost a leg in the
service. He is now lawyer in Philadelphia
Frank A. Osbourn is also a lawyer in Phila-
delphia, and is a member of the Senate of
Pennsylvania He served in the 10Th Ind,
and lost his right arm, after which he re-
oeived commission in the 9th u. s. C. T.,
and was subsequently transferred to the 10th
V.R C. Rev. Mr. Robb served as a private
and lost leg. They called on the President
and received most satisfactory assurances
from him, and also on Speaker Carlisle and
a number of the influential Members of both
Houses, from whom they received promises
that their bill should be passed before ad-
journment. This bill raises the ratings to
$50 month for amputations below the elbow
or the knee, or disability equivalent there
to; s36 for an amputation at or above the
elbow or knee, or an equivalent disability
$45 for an amputation at the shoulder OIL
hip-jOint, or so near the,hip-joint as to make
il impossible 10 wear leg.
4 IArFp-The hin has nasaed hotb Horeaa
and now goes to the President.
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THE case of Wilson, of New York, whose
bill the President vetoed and which the
House refused to pass over the veto, seems
a particularly hard one. The Government
forced him into the service against his ear
nest protest that he was physically disqual-
flied for a soldiers life, and he broke down
under the hardships Of the service. Now
he is refused n pension for his disabilities
on the ground that they existed at the time
Of his entry into the army. This seems to
be as mean and small a business as great
Nation ever engaged in.
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MUSTERED OUT.

WHTrE.-At Carthage n. Y, July q, Rev. David
B. White. In 1861 he enlisted in company, by
whom he was chosen Captain, and which formed
part of the Slst ". Y. During the Spring and sum
mer of lS62 he took part in the Peninsular cam
pagn under Mcclellan in the advance upon and
retreat from Richmond. He WAS engaged in the
hard-fought battles of Williamsburg White Oak
swamp. Gaines Mills, Fair Oaks, the White House
and Malvern Hi,l. For valiant services rendered in
this struggle la The first On to Richmond he
promoted Major Of his regiment in October. 1862.
Soon after the retreat ia the last campaign he went
with his regiment south, and was engaged in the
bombartlmsnt OF Charleston. ). &. Ia the SpFiDgOf
1854. and about the time our army crossed the
Rapidan under The command Of Gen. Grant, he was
with his regiment ON the Bermuda 'front.', under
Butler. Here ne was engaged with his command
in the battle for the possession OF Petersburg He
also engaged and took an active part in the
hard fought battles Of Cold HarbOr, Weldon Road
Drurys Bluff at Chapin's Farm. and at the second
battle Of the seven Pines. In the autumn of 1854
he was promoted Lieutenant Colonel OF his regi-
ment. Ia 1865 he again i'm the field operating
with Gen. Terry at GOdsbOrO n. c.. in which de-
partment he continued until the close Of the war
In january. 1876. 10 promoted Colonel OF hif
regiment. Subsequent y and as recognition on
the part Of tbs Governments 81 b heroic services.
he was made Colonel BY b. scs In the United
states army Also BrigadaeE-t @ neral Of the United
states army by breveG
MoRRIs.-In Fulton County M, July II, Asa
Morris Co. d. SD III, aged 81. He WIS of tho
original color-guard of the regiment. and served
as such from October 1861. to July, 1865 He
the only one left Of the original nine.
HARMER-Col N. M. Hammer died at SYRACUSE
Kan, july 10. His remains were Inferred IN
Green Lawn Cemetery by Hancock Post, No. SSl.
GAR, of which he was an esteemed member.
He man Of strict integrity and many gem
erous and noble qualities, and was remarkable iOf
his patriotic vnlor Born at Germantown. Pa,
July 10. 1929. he was 81 years Of age tine day no
died. At the age OF 10 he enlisted in the United
States Navy, aud there faithfully discharged his
duties for several years When war between the
United States and Mexico declared he was
among the first to respond to his country ei and
served until peace restored In 1861 he
listed as a private in Pennsylvania regiment.
but his gallantry attracted attention.. and no
rapidly rose until, at the close of the war. he
marched home with the rank Of COlone! covered
with scars, but crowned with ali the glory OF .
brave soldier and the consciousness Of having done
his duty, He was loved and esteemed % ail whe
knew him.
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for his country while the Great Man staid at
home and gathered wealth, and made himself
solid, as the common speech hath it, with his
par-ti.
6. 1t had come topass that the Other Man
while fighting for his country had been
compassed about by its enemies, who smote
him grieyously. They hewed off his arm
with the edge Of the sword, and they brake
his leg with their missiles of war.
Z. Now he came TO the door of the White
House and looked up and saw the Great Man
sitting there arrayed ike unto a fashion
plate, and digesting good dinner by the aid
of cigar from the isles Of the southern seas.
8. Aud he cried aloud unto the Great Man,
saying: 30, Cleveland, thou art great, and
art set in high place. May you live long.
and your shadow never be less. Sign, / be-
seech you, the bill which the lawgiyers have
presented you, for verify my need is great,
and my little ones cry for bread. ask only
what the country promised me-"
9. And the Great Man answered him scorn-
fully and said: "YeriIy you are one of those
who got bumped on the pommels of their
saddles. Goto You shall have naught"
10. Then brake the heart of the old SOL
dier, and he lay down and gave up the ghost
and his bones were laid in the pottersfeld.
The remainder Of the Ms. of this in
teresting recital seems TO have been lost in
the mails, but we find that the original
story in st Luke continues in this wise
The rich man also died, and was buried;
q. And in hell he ined up his eyes. being In
torments. and seeih Abraham afar of, and Laxaru.
in his bosom.
"a And he cried and said, Father Abraham have
mercy on me. and send Lazarus that he may dir
the tip Of his finger in water. and cool my tongue
for am tormented in this flame.
Is. But Abraham said. Son, remember that thou
i'm thy lifetime receivedst thy good things. anC
likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is com
forted and thou art iormented-
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THE MopERN DfvRs' AND LAZARUS.

THE MODERN DaERS AND LAZARUS.
1. There was a certain. Great Man, and
ruler of the people, who clothed himself in
broadcloth and fine linen, and Jared sumpt-
uously every day ON costly wines and game
in its season. I
2. And like Jeshurun who ruled over
Israel he waxed fat and became greatly
pulled up, for within very short space of
time he had been taken from among the
lowly and made ruler over many millions.
Then forgot he what he had been and what
he soon would be again. Such is the heart
Of man.
3. And every day he lifted up his voice
and thanked God that he was not as other
men-even Congressman, but was wiser and
more cunning and purer in heart than the
law-givers whom the people had set over
themselves
4. And he Knocked them with o sharp
tongue and many harsh words, and set their
acts down as naught.
5. There was a certain Other Man, stricken
in years and beset with sore Affections. He
had not waxed fat, neither had he become
great, for in his youth he had gone out to fight
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WASHINGTON. D. C, AUGUST 5, 1856.
ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.

THE eTH n ills services at williamsburg.
Bv Fred H. Dennis, Co. Z, 8tk n j., Cres-
tOH Iolra.
zNzRTILLERY1L1N At GETTYSBU RG.
n story pceR told By member Of an Ohio
Battery.
a WAR REMINLSCENCE.-A spirited sketch
Of early compaigniny in Missouri ~nder
Gen. Lyon. by Capt. Joseph Cracklin. I'd
Kan.
TIE LOUISIANA CAlPATGN-A series
Of three articles on BGnkss Campaign and
f,e Battle Of Pleasant HiH. By Carleton
The opening Of the Atlanta Campaign aOiL
JOHOlr, bg he same Author.
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THERE appears to be mistaken opinion
in regard to the condition of the Mexican
war pension bill, and many papers through
out the country have stated that it had
passed, but such is not fact
The bill passed the House and was
amended in the Senate. This necessitated
the return of the bill to the House for ae-
ton upon the Senate amendments. And
the Committee on Pensions, to whom the
bill was referred, recommended to the House
that the Senate amendments be non-con-
cuned in. The bill is on the calendar and
has not yet come up for action, nor can we
say that we believe it viii during this ses-
sion. Possibly at the next session the bill
may be acted upon in some shape, but even
in the event that favorable action is had on
the bill there seems to be settled conyic-
ton that the President will veto it, if he
is given an opportunity to do so, and that
may be a reason why the friends Of the bill
are not anxious to get it through this ses-
sion. 1t is another case of "hope defer
red" etc.
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THE COMMANDER IN CHIEFS AID
DRESS.

DRESS.
In matter and manner alike the annual ad-
dress of the Commander-in-Chief is an ex-
ceptional effort. Gen Burdett has always
been noted for originality Of thought and
felicity Of expression, and these qualities
are conspicuous in every portion Of the adj
dress.
The opening Rllusion tothe seed of men
sown on our Eastern shores by the May
flower band, and from which has sprung
a mighty Nation, isvery graceful, and makes
a happy prelude TO the story of the visit Of
the veterans to the extreme Western limit of
the great land they had fought for and
saved.
Passing 10 the condition of the Order, of
which be is the head, he finds much reason
for congratulation upon the history OF the
year now closing The last report made TO
his predecessor showed that there were then
% Departments, 5.026 Posts and 26s.694
members in good standing. A year later, or
the end of last March, the Posts had increased
TO 5,765, and the membership to go, SS7-or
net increase of 739 Posts and 25,643 COM
rades. The Commander-in-Chief merely
states this agreeable fact without INDUCING
in the self-gratulation that would be par
donable for such an excellent showing, and
passes TO a subject that is Of vital interest to
the Order, that Of dealing with the constantly
augmenting number of suspensions. What
he says relative TO the remission of dues to
such Of our comrades as are really unable tc
meet even SO small an expense should be
considered attentively by the National En-
campment, as we have no doubt it viii
Already in very many Posts, which are
thrifty and well managed, they excuse the
dues of such comrades as find it hard IL
pay them, and they do this in such way a
to save the feelings Of the less fortunate vet
Grams.
OF the Departments, with one exception
the Chief is able to maxi
cOmmendatory reports.
In regard TO spurious badges and mum
Der Of other matters of minor detail, b
speaks sensibly and to the point.
The woman's Relief Corps and the Son
Of Veterans are given measured recognition
and praise, not SO much as their friends in
Gliding THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, think
their due, but still what viii be general.
accepted as generous encouragement
His recommendation that the Nations
Encampment take steps to define the exten
to which the Order shall be considered a
indorsing the Veterans Rights Union,
sensible. As he justly says, il is anOmalou
to give a fun Endorsement where there il n
control exercised.
The recommendation TO change the Rule
. and Regulations so that when Memorial Da
falls Oh Sunday, Saturday shall be observed
instead Of Monday, as at present, is in al
cordance with the views heretofore express
ed in these columns.
The tributes TO the illustrious comradt
who left MS during the year and the apps
trophe 10 California are all Of the highes
order Of literary merit, and excel anythin
: Of the kind pronounced before any great @
small organization Of men for years
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The secoud volume OF the Personal Memoirs
Of Gen. I. >. Grant published by Webster a
Co, h NJ length issued and ready Tor delivery
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