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The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

A LARGE number of immigrants was
landed at Castle Garden, New York, on
the 31stH The steamer Deyonis from
Glasgow breasht s232; the Grecian Mon
arch, 1856 the zEfbe, 100; and the Wyom-
ing, $40 Among those by the last-named
vessels were 401 Mormons, many of whom
will be returned to- Europe as persons
likely to become burden on this country
if allowed to remain. e acll-. .E =
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

GN unsuccessful attempt was made to
wreck the train which conveyed Prince
Alexander TO Sofa.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

THE Governm entcounsel in the telephone
suit are busily engaged in preparing an
answer to the demurrer filed by the Bell
Telephone Company in the Columbus case,
and their brief fs practically completed.
The arrangements will begin on the Goth
of September, and the Governmentscas
will be presented by Messrs. Thurman,
Lowery and Chandler. :.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

TURKEY is said to be placing her army
upon war footing, and triple alliance
is limited at between Bulgaria, Servia and
Roumania to resist Russian encroachment
which, in the event of war, would also ar
ray Turkey, Austria and Germany against
RuSSia
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

SENATOR VOORHEES,, of Indiana, denies
omphatically that he Il candidate for
the Vice. Presidency.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

The article published in the Worth Ger
man Gazette stating that "Germany must
always keep her eyes on France because
France is making rapid preparations to
fight" has caused much excitement in
France.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

WORD was received from Lawton's camp
on the 1st that Geronimo and twenty
seven bucks We're in the hands of Lawton,
who was en- route to Bowie with them.
Geronimo has his right arm broken and in
q sling
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

THE importations of dry goods at the
port of New York for the week ending
September 2, 1886, We're II, ,O25 packages,
valued at $2,937,0"G, against 9,jOs pack
ages valued at q, $3.50, for the preceding
week.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

FRANK PATTERSON, the opera house
manager at Asbury Park N. j., who was
convicted of forgery and has been con-
fined in the Monmouth County Jail for two
years, was released on the 81 on 1000
bail, it having been decided by the Su-
preme Court thatthe County Co urt, before
which Patterson was tried, was illegally
constituted, r
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

THE Comptroller Of the Treasury has au-
thorized the Dcadwoo1 National Bank of
Deadwood, Oak, to begin business with a
capital of 100000
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

THE acting Secretary of the Treasury
has issued circular calling the attention
of all officers and employees of the Treasury
Department to the Presidents order of
July A. 1856, warning the Federal officers
against Interference in politics. The cir
cular contains no instruc tions or orders,
but simply calls attention to the order of
the President, which is printed therein IN
full 81 S& T. .f
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

BEACH defeated Teemer with ease in the
deciding heat of the international scuiling
sweepstakes, on the Thames at London on
the 1st,
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

THE natives of the Eastern part of the
province of Sechuen, China, and those of
Cochin China have risen against the Chris
tians and are massacreing them and de-
stroying property.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

AT about half-past nine o'clock on the
night of the @lst a very perceptible earth
quake shoc!; was felt in st. Louis. Dis
patches from all over the country show the
experience was general.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

A COMPANY of English capitalists have
secured possession of an old concession
for the construction of railway from
TuXnmpto, Mexico, to the CITY of Mexico.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

PARRoTsvILLE, in Cooke County, Tenn. d,
is i'm wild state of excitement over q
frightful epidemic which has made its ap-
pearance there. The disease, which in
in every case proves fatal, resembles iux,
except that the victims are attacked with
severe pains in the head and at the same
time with pains in the abdomen. The
physicians are unable to cope with the
disease and those striken with 1t succum
within a short time. Twenty seven
deaths had occurred up to the night of
the Sd,
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

A. G.. SEDGwICK, United states Envoy
to Mexico to o.investigatethe Cutting case,
is said to have been rather prominent in
Washington under the Board of Public
Works. regime. In 1870 he went to WASH
ington at the suggestion of Sunset Cox,
whose influence procured him position
under Governor Shepherd. He became in
volved in quarrel with a contractor,
however, and resigned, going back to
New York to practice law.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

A DEPuTATION of Irish ladies, headed by
the wife Of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, will
present to Gladstone declaration in
favor of home rule, signed by 100000 Iri sh
women.
The National tribune., 1886-09-09
ANTIETAM.

The 11th Conn. :" the First to Cross the Bridge"
To THE EDITOR: In your paper of Aug. IL
COmrade VIM M. Stewart, Co. ID, Dist Mass,
claims that COmrade Edwards, Co. b, 30th
Ohio, is mistaken as to the first regiment or
command which crossed the stone bridge at the
battle OF Antietam, aud says that the Old Reno
Brigade, composed Of the 5lst and 18th ~ Y,
51st Pa, 2lst and 35th Mass, was the first to
cross the bridge. COmrade Stewart says he is
not mistaken, because he was on that very spot
at the bridge and crossed it with the 2lst Mass.
and knows what he is talking about
Now / think | know what / am talking
about. / was there also-On that very spot at
the bridge-and crossed the bridge before any
member of the Reno Brigade. unless he had
CHANGED to stray from his regiment into mine,
the 18th Conn. / was Sergeant of Co. b, 18th
Conn. Two brigades had severally charged the
bridge and been excessively repulsed. Then
the 18th Conn. charged it, and carried it, and
went across, and held it! 1t was the first regi-
ment to cross that bridge that day. No other
regiment crossed with it. Immediately after,
however, other regiments came up to its sup
port. COmrade Stewart cites as an incident in
support Of his recollection that Lieut. Parker,
of Co. b, 2lst Mass, was shot on the bridge
Now have fully as much to impress the scene
at the taking of the Antietam bridge upon my
memory. Our Colonel (COl. Kingsbury, of the
18th Comm was killed upon that bridge, and
the regiment lost about $50 men in that charge.
The 18th Conn. was the first regiment to
cross the stone bridge at the battle of Antie-
tam.-JoHN LYNCH, Sergeant, Co. b, 11th Conn.,,
Bellows Falls, Vt.
The National tribune., 1886-09-09

To TEE EDITOR: In your issue of Aug. 8,
1885, Capt 6arretty corrects Mai Jenness in de-
bcrihing McC0ok's Corps at the battle of Perry
vile, and says that every private in McCook' g
Corps at the battle Of Perryville knows that
hcCook s Corps was composed of Rousseaus and
Jackson's Divisions.
Now, Capt GaTetty, you should have taken
The advice offered the Major, and be sure you
are right and then 20 ahead. / was not a Lieu
tenant but a high private, and was there, and
know that McCoolls Corps was composed of
four divisions, follows: Rousseauis, Jack
sons, sheridans and Gilbert's / also know
that Shciidan's Division was not encamped
nine miles from Perryville on the night OF Oct.
2, 1862. II my memory is correct the % Mich.
Cav dismounted and did some skirmishinR
about q. M, and d regiment Of cavalry In line
on the left OF q Brigade Of Sheridan's Division
was shellod out of position, and the Michigan
Cavalry was relieved by the I'd Mo. De-
pl0yed, aud supported by the oath III. and the
18th Mo-, the rebel skirmishers were driven
hall a mile beyond what at that time wa.
called the Big Spring. The aforementioned
Brigade, Sheridan's Division, was composed OF
the 3Oth, 44th and I'D H., I'd and 18th 40. Al
that time the brigade was not numbered, as Il
was few weeks later. IL / am not mistaken
sheridans Division smelled powder before the
mn set on Oct. 8, lS62.-A. ID. BAsoRE, Co @
oath H., Freeman, Cass CO., Mo.
The National tribune., 1886-09-09

very natural result. Fortunately no one was
seriously injured, except that we lost our coffee.
One more incident of this day may be of inter-
est. As we lay on the farthest point Of adj
vance, a large, portly German soldier came
putting up from the river and asked, :" Shay,
poys we're is der vorty-fort Ne-Yark?" We
answered, "back on the river" Dose tam
provo guards tells me dat de vOrty-fOrt vas
here NIT de PeTdan SharpshoOters." We as
sured him that was q mistake, and that he had
better get back before he got hurt. "Ven, 1
goes" and he started, but, a little confused,
was going straight back on the high ground
and in exact range of the enemys fire. We
shouted "Dutchy, go more to the left, or you'll
be shot into hash" "Yaw, goes" he replied,
but before he was out of reach he obliqued on
the high ground again and disappeared. In
the evening went to the spring for water and
found the same Dutchman with q huge ball
hole through his left hand. lie proceeded to
tell me about it. "DOse tam provo guards
sends me CUP on de outer line we're dem Per-
dan SharpshOoters vas, and ven / goes pack
feel some neetle prier scratch my hand, and L
look, he have a dom pig hole in him." lie
wanted der Surgeon of der vorty-fort,' who
luckily rode up as we cOnversed, and laughed
half the night over the scene of the old fellow
relating his mishap to his Regimental Surgeon.
/ can but pay a warm tribute to the courage
and soldierly bearing of our color-bearer in
this action, Serg't E. x. Blakeslee, of Co. i, LIST
Berdan Sharpshooters, from near st. Johns,
Mich. Through all the demon scenes of this
days battle he kept our flag at the front, and,
1t seemed miracle, came out unhurt. he was
promoted to First Lieutenant and soon became
Adjutant of our regiment for his reckless
bravery in the battle of Kelly's FOrd.-L. j.
ALLEN, Battle Creek Mich
The National tribune., 1886-09-09
The pod nm. nj Belmopt.

To TIE EDITOR: For a long time / thought
the regiment 10 which i belonged took quite
an active part in the suppression of the rebel
lion, but being constant reader of THE Ma
TI0NAL TRIBUNE /, of course see the contri-
buttons 20 history made by Clerihan and
Morgan, of the 10th Ill, aud OF the comrade Of
the Both H., In late numbers OF your paper
and begin to think perhaps it was mistake
dream after Rip Van Wrinkles order OF things
j did think and il was a source of pride and
qualification 70 think so, that /, along with the
regiment, took part in one of the first battles of
the war-that of Belmont, Mo-, Nov. z 1861.
Many were the nights around the campfres at
Birds Point, Mo-, and in our meanderings
through the Confectionery, that we-that is. the
boys OF the old 22d-would fight over Belmont,
and tell how and what we did on that bloody
field. IL took place, know, long time ago.
and mems physical and mental disphrsgms wear
out, get weak and faulty, so TO speak but if
my memory has not gone back on me entirely,
IL was one Of our pleasures in the days that fol-
lowed, for Us 10 talk about Belmont and the
incidents thereof But reading the comrades
toi the 30th H. version Of that affair, il knocks
the WIND clear ont of all the stories that we
have been telling the little boys and girls that
have come around our firesides since, like
Johnnie we came marching home"
The c0mrade says that Gen. Grant with the
both, 9th, Both and 3ist H. and the 9TH Iowa,
fought the battle of Belmont, Mo. Some
thing that ] don't relish at all, is 20 say TO an
old brother soldier, You're another" But If
we are 10 keep green" the memories Of other
days, j must take exception TO the comrades
history" Of that battle. The both H., Col
Marsh commanding, was not there nor any
where near the Belmont battlefield: but the
22d III, Col. Henry Dougherty commanding
was there, and Col. Dougherty, than whom q
drawer man never lived, lost bis leg there, and
the regiment lost ~ killed and wounded. We
were among the first 10 get into the rebel camp
aud we We're IN the crowd that got such ter.
rible licking getting out of that trap Now
comrade, IN writing mp the history of that fight
just please change that part of IL. We like
anybody else don't want TO lose any credit OF
aurels to which we are justly entitled-J. Z
HODGES, Co. q, 22d Ill.,, Raccoon, Ill
The National tribune., 1886-09-09
The Fountain of Youth.

In all the searches for the tabled fountain of
youth there has been disappointment in the
hnal result. This has been more OF less keen,
according to the state Of hoalth Of the seeker.
But modern scientific research has found real
fountain Of youth" In Compound Oxygen the
old ideal so long sought for has been found to
be attainable One who has tested It's value
writes from Wauksn, Wis: sleep better; dvs-
pepsia is less troublesome, and think can say
my heart is better. i am stronger, and am
losing that worn and haggard look perhaps |
may say 1 an grOuing young again. IL must be
that Compound Oxygen Is the fountain Of YOUTH /"
Another writes from Clinton, Mass: at has
given me SO much strength that feel like a neD
person." clergyman at Queen City, Mo-,
writes: My wife has used your Compound
Oxygen with the best of results. Her cough
ID not entirely removed yet, but with that ex-
ception she has become he strongest aud health
test wOman Of her age in this community" The
editor Of The New South, w. III. Worthington, of
Columbus, Miss. says:
"You will doubtless remember my getting
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Is psry aged in February or March of last year,
and its happy effect upon her. When wrote
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several squares Her restoration 10 health
from the nee Of Compound Oxygen has attract
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Curiosity as TO this remedy may be fully
gratified by any one who will take the trouble
70 write to Drs. STARKEY & PALEN, No. 1929
Arch street, Philadelphia They publish q
brochure Of nearly two hundred pages, enti-
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Results. This viii be sent, postpaid, to any
address on application.
The National tribune., 1886-09-09
The sd VIVA. Cav. at Leyisburg.

To THE EDITOR: The eomrade of the I'd w.
Va. Cav. who criticiZes the account of the battle
of Lewisburg, written by the comrade of the
Both Ohio and published in recent issue of
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, is of his base. /
know very well that the Adjutant-Gener of
West Virginia claims in his report active par
ticipation in that battle by the I'd VIVA, but
that Jealous officer is no nearer the truth in
that respect than he was when he officially
reported the battle to have been fought on
May %. The battle was fought on May %, and
il was fought on the Union side by Crook s
36th Ohio aud Gilbert's 18th Ohio Not man
of the I'd VIVA. fired shot in that engagement,
except the four videts at Greenbrier bridge.
The howitZer battery and POwelPs battalion
of the I'd VIVA. Cav. were held in reserve dur
ing the engagement. That battalion was all of
the ID VIVA. that was in the vicinity of Lewis
burg on that memorable day when Crook won
his star and when 300 Union infantry whipped
$500 of Heths COntederates and captured their
battery. Ii was no fault, however of the gallant
I'd VIVA. that they had no share in that fight.
They obeyed orders, and held themselves in
readiness TO retrieve any loss that might be
occasioned by the audacious and almost hope
less charge that Crook and Gilbert made upon
overwhelming numbers led by the pugnaciOus
Gen. Heth.
No, Comrade Gilmore, your grand and glori-
Gus regiment WAS not actively engaged in that
battle, your patriotic Adjutant- General to the
contrary notwithstanding. In proof of this
statement please to send n copy of this TO Gen.
George Crook, Omaha, or to Gen. w. III. Powell,
Belleview, ILL.,, or to Gen. Devall, Kansas City,
and ask them. either of them, If / am not
correct. You are the only mantle only COM
rade of the immortal I'd w. Vs.-who ever
in the battle of Lewisburg.-THEo. BOTKIN,
Alth Ohio. Attica Kan
The National tribune., 1886-09-09
The Muster OF the LIST MINI.

To TIE EDITOR: j see by my NATIONAL
TRIBUNEof Aug 20 that Comrade p. g. Wright
calls upon Comrade K. r. Graw 10 rise and ex-
plain how il was that the LIST MINI. was mus
tered into the United States service on the 18th
Of April when at that date no call had been
issued for three years men. Originally the LIST
Mimi. were three months men, and were in
camp for instruction nj Fort Smelling, Mimi,
commanded by Col. Willis A. German. After
being in camp few weeks an order came from
Washington 10 the effect that IL we were a three
years regiment 10 proceed Immediately 10
Washington; and IL not we would be sent to
Fort Abercrombie 10 relieve Regular troops
SO you see IL was the frontier among the In.
dams OF Washington. The order was read a,
dress parade Then the question was, Would
we turn over for three years. That 10 how we
came 70 be three years men from the 18th O;
April, l66L-L @. McCLEETHEN, 90. Il, Lei
Mimi. Fayetteville, N. Y.
The National tribune., 1886-09-09
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN,
And What the lOlh ono pid There.

To THE EDITOR: COmrade Lucas, of the 9Th
KY, speaks truly when he says the Sth Ky.
was there, but he has left ont one very imp0r-
tant fact to some comrades. The 10th Ohio was
also in Whittabers Brigade. There has been so
much said about the skirmish or Lookout
Mountain, and so many have laid claim to the
credit due for this brilliant achievement shat
may be excused for making the following
statement.
The movement that gave US the mountain
with so little loss, and made it Z mere skirmish,
was the rapid advance Of our extreme right
Geary's Division Of the Twelfth Corps, supported
by Whittakers Brigade Of the Fourth Corps.
This movement that lauked the main rebel
force on the mOuntain-Side was led by GearyS
Division, until halted in obedience to orders,
that the whole line might be adjusted. Not
understanding the order, Whittakers Brigade
ran through Geary's Division, charged several
lines of works, captured two pieces Of artillery
at the Craven House. and reached point in
the rear Of the rebel line very near the Sum
merton road.
Some of the officers Of Geary's Division
claimed the two pieces of artillery. Gen.
Whitaker disputed the claim, and in proof of
his right TO the property in dispute pointed TO
the dead bodies Of several members of the 10th.
The dispute was settled by evidence that could
not then be denied and / cannot believe that
anyone present at that time will deny it now.
The following is q copy of a receipt now in
the possession Of Hon. Jesse N. Oren, of Cur
NEVILLE, o., and shows the result Of the dispute,
and, hope, will satisfy Comrade Lucas that
the 10th was there:
CAMP AT LOOKOUT CREEK, Nov. ., 1863
Received of j. ". Oreu, Sergeant Of Co. u, 10Th
Ohio, two pieces of artillery captured BY the 10Th
Ohio at the battle of Lookout Hountain.-B. f.
CRoxToN, First Lieutenant and Ordinance Officer
First Division, Fourth Corps.
1t was so well understood at the time that the
flag which h0ated over the mountain next
morning, and was eheered by so many thou
sand men, was placed there by a member Of the
Sth KY, that no man who was present viii dis
pute it.-A. I. MEDFoRD, Co. E, 10th Ohio.
The National tribune., 1886-09-09
oOmrade Grow Answer. the COnundrum.

To THE EDITOR: In answer to p. X. Covers
conundrum as 20 how il came that the LIST Mimi.
was mustered for three years from the 29th
day of April, 1851 which was some time before
the general order calling for three years men,
i will say that this is the way il came about:
1t was at the personal request of President Lin
coin made TO Gov. Ramsey, who was then in
Washington, and through special orders issued
TO Capt A. ID. Nelson, our mastering officer from
the War Department. Were there no other
regiments mustered under such special order
! do not know. but suppose there were many.
However we were the first. Ours was also the
first regiment rendered to the President for the
war. The tender was made by Gov. Ramsey
and accepted by the President at the very time
that the proclamation for 5000 men was de-
termined upon and before the call was actually
signed, and the Governor Immediately tele-
graphed orders for the raising of the regiment,
which was completely organized and enrolled at
Fort Smelling by April %, 1861, but not mus
tered before the 10Th Of April, because the mus
tering officer had not arrived.-E. +. GROW,
20. 4, LIST Mimi, Red Wing, Mimi.
The National tribune., 1886-09-09
Gen. Grants Final Report on the Conduct OF the
War.

To TEE EDITOR: IL seems 10 me that the fol-
lowing words with which Gen. Grant closed
his final report on the Conduct Of the War
should forever settle ali jealouses and ill-feel-
ing between the soldiers Of the East and West:
IL has been my fortune 10 the armies of both
the East aud West fight battles, and from what
have ] know there Is no difference ina their
fighting qualities All that IL was possible for men
10 do in battle they have done. The Western
armies commenced their battles in the Mississippi
Valley, and received the final surrender of the
remnant Of the principal army opposed 10 them in
North Carolina The armies OF the East COM
menced their battles the river from which the
Army Of the Potomac derived It's name and re-
oeiVed the final surrender Of their old Antagonist at
AppomattoK Courthouse, Va. The splendid
achievements of each have natonalized our victor
lea, removed all sectional jealouses (of which We
have unfortunately experienced too much), and the
cause OF elimination and recrimination that might
have followed had either section failed In its duty
All have "A proud record, and all sections
well congratulate themselves and each other for
having done their full share in restoring the supre
macy of law every foot Of territory belonging
TO the United States Let them hope for perpetual
peace and harmony with that enemy whose man.
hood, however mistaken the cause, drew forth
such herculean deeds Of valor.
j. Nj. E., Shawneetown Ill
The National tribune., 1886-09-09
He Oorrects Both Gentlemen.

To THE EDITOR: see in the two or three
last issues Of your paper controversy between
q 9th Mich. man and 9TH Vermonter In re-
gard 70 the colors of the 9TH Vt. Now will
correct both gentlemen. IL was not at Port
Hudson. Baton Rouge, La. is the place where
the 9TH VI. lost their cOlors, on the morning of
Aug. o, 1862, and they were picked ND by the
2lst Ind. Now, Comrade Thomas, you say ven
landed AZ Baton Rouge on the evening OF the
battle from Vicksburg. You have forgotten
that the Mississippi was closed at that time.
also that the battle was over by 8 a. m.
never heard OF any Gen. Thomas but Gen.
Williams was in command till killed. Now.
soys, have given you a start, 30 20 ahead.
My respects 10 9Th Mich. ] think of Won
sften and our fighting at Port Hudson.-JoHN
v. Bishop Co. III, 2lst Ind, Portland, Ind.