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DURANT'S MILL.
Gallant and Successful Attempt or the 10th Mich
70 Capture that Building.

70 Capture that Building.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I read in THF
NATIONAL TRIBUNE articles by A. p. Brown
Of the 18Th \. Y, and Robert Alice, of Co. d,
18th Pa. on the battle of Peach Tree Creek,
both Of which are ably written and speak oil
noble and gallant work done at that time and
place.
wish to state what the First Brigade, See
ond Division, Fourteenth Corps did in conjunc-
tion with the First Division We were to
the right of McCOOk and directly in rear OF
Durant's Mil, Gen James Morgan o. command
The left of the line had very hard fighting and
made little Roadway as the enemy had the
stronger position and checked the advance.
Our regiment the 10th Mich, was selected to
capture Durants Mill. as the first step in press
ing the enemy back from the creek. A detail
Of 80 men IN charge of the writer attacked the
mill after sundoWn on the 18th Of July, 1864
We got possession just as the moon was rising
and held it until reinforced by Co. 4, under
Lieut.. yelling, who was severely shot in the
foot ere his company gained the mill to relieve
us. The enemy had position on a high ledge
Of rock which commanded the MILL aud Cos
and + took position at midnight and in
trenched, as well as possible, and held their
position and the mill all the Doth and until
night, when the enemy fell back.
Just to tie right OF the mill there was a ford
and early IN the morning Of the 21st our regi.
lncul Crossed Luc creek ana advanced IWC
miles. About the middle Of the afternoon they
made a stand, aud we were under hot fire fol
several hours. By a flank movement of the
enemy we were forced back short distance
The writer, ia command Of the reserve COW
cred the skirmish-line from behind a raj.
fence while they retired.
This movement on Durant's Mill was the en-.
tering- wedge that forced the enemy back from
Peach Tree Creek and gave Us a hold on the
south side Of the stream. / claim that Co. G
was the first to cross the creek at the mill or
the night Of the 18th, but only to the southern
4 bank, as it was too hot place to stay. They
+ got back to the mill in quick time, but crossed
/ again before daylight on the morning Of tht
2Ist, as stated, harrassing the retreatng fot
during the forenoon and until the middle o
f the afternoon, when they made a stand anC
kept US back; but the southern bank of thu
creek was ours to keep and we kept it.
/ On the 22d we were ordered to march TOWARD
Atlanta, and moved until within three-and-a
half miles of that place
Then began the siege Of Atlanta, which con
I tinued until the morning Of August 9th, wher
/ we began the JonesbOro movement. We lef
! Atlanta with five days rations to strike The
( blow at JOnesbor0 which we did Sept. Ist il
! the afternoon, after a terrible fight but sue
ceedcd IN capturing and holding the Macoi
/ Railroad, thus cutting of the supplies from At
( iauta. This done the city officials surrendere,
/ fhe city, aud thus ended the Peach Tree ant
I Atlanta campaigns, which virtually broke til
! backbone Of the rebeili0n.-JOHN ALGOE, AID
I infant 10Th Mich
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roads, the credit being due the 161st n.
Zouaves, who checked the rebel advance. Not
another train, wagon or ambulance was saved
in the corps" Correct, excepting that, first,
there was no RansOm's Division in the corps,
as Gen. Ransom commanded the detachment of
that corps which consisted of the Third Divis-
ion, under Gen. Cameron, and the Fourth, COM
manded by Col Landrum; second, the Thir-
teenth Corps, so far from saving any trains or
anything else, was itself saved by the Nine
teenth; third, the 161st NY. were not Zouaves,
did not belong to the Thirteenth Corps, and are
no more entitled to the credit for checking the
enemy's advance than are the balance of the di-
vision to which they belonged. The regiment
that was in line across the road of course bore
the brunt of the first onset of the enemy at that
point but it was no time at all until, as Gen.
Kearny would have said, =" there was beau
tiful fighting all along the line" Your
humble servant has a distinct recollec-
tion of passing through the lines of that
regiment while the Confederate bullets were
whistling merry tune and remaining with it
until the first attack of the enemy had been
repulsed, before rejoining his own regiment,
which was guarding the train few yards far
Their in the rear But his last assertion that
" Not another team, wagon or ambulance was
saved in the corps " caps the whole business.
The 29th Wis. had FIVE companies guarding a
train during the engagement and as neither
they nor the train which they were with were
captured, probably some of them may tell us
more about it.-J osHUA A. STARK, Co. G, 29th
Wis, Ironwood, Wis.
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The I'd Ohio Cav.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Not having
seen anything as yet from my regiment in
your valuable paper, / thought l would sound
tie rcveiile to the boys of the I'd Ohio Cav.
What IS the matter With them, that they DON'T
speak ont, on paper at least. Boys, come to the
front AID tell how many chickens you got and
w..oae hogs you killed while the guard was
Watching them. We went IN c;-inp one night in
ALBANIA where hogs were plenty, but guard
WIS posted 10 prevent the boys from Eiilingauy;
buJ Id spite Of the guard tic boys would and
did Kill several hogs and IN consequence were
arrested. But one comradc Jos. Adams would
shoot hOg, drop his gan aud walk of, and
when the guard would rush toward the shot,
10 one would be- there with gun; 50 when the
guard went OF Adams would get his gun, skin
lis hog, take wAat he wanted, and 20 70 camp.
-HIAAN IAETIS, Bugler, Co. n, 81 Ohio Cav,
Allga. Iowa.
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WI. Church,
Co j. 9TH 3lich., IS correct when he says that
the 7lh AIich. was the first regiment 10 cross
the IlappaAauu0ck Oh the morning Of the lIth
December, lSG2. The 7th regiment started
down tAe steep river bank on q run Tor the pom
toOn boats, aud on leaving the shore was sup
ported by seeley's battery X }, 9TH Z. S. Art,
who opened a terrific Gre and kept it up until
the 1Jh had gained a footing on The opposite
side, and continued the COMMANDMENT until
Tie city Of Fredericksburg was occupied by our
troops.
Give the eth Mich. al the honor due them,
FOR it was a gallant undertaking. ! know
this 70 be a fact, being a Corporal OF above bat.
tory al the time and gunner Of the first piece
that opened fire when the regiment started IN.
der Eieut-Col. BaXtcr,wh was severely wound
cd, and Lieut.. Emery, who was killed.. J.
DAVIS, Chief Clerk, Department OF the Platte
Omaha, Neb
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A NOVEL ExPEDIENT.
What Regiment OBLIGATED as Telegraph Poles at
Potomac Greek Bridge!

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Ia June, 1862,
Just before the seven days retreat" which
closed with the battle at Malvern Hill, Va,
Gen. McDowelI's headquarters were at Freder-
icksbnrg, Va. His Geographic communication
with Acquia Creek had been interrupted by the
burning of the railroad bridge over Potomac
Creek
1t was necessary to get some important mes
sages through to Acquia-Creel as early as pos
sble but with all the scraping and searching
for fragments of old iron Wire enough could
not be found to span the gap at Potomac Greek.
The difficult problem was taken in hand and
solved by 4 young engineer officer.
A regiment of infantry, each man carrying,
instead of a musket, small stick with forked
end, was marched in single file to the break in
the telegraph line. The small sticks were held
at Il carry" and there being but little water
in the Creek at the time, no difficulty was ex-
perienced in maintaining tolerably fair line
of improvised telegraph poles, planted about
two feet apart and each wrapped in blue coat.
The steel ramrods from the muskets of the sol
diers were then laid in the forlZed ends of the
sticks held by the soldiers, forming metallic
pathway for the electric current. Teegraphic
communication between fredericksburg and
Acquia Creek was in this manner re-established
and Gen McDowelfs messages were sent.
The seth Pa. had occasionally been detailed
for service with the engineers, and may have
been the regiment that figured in the service
related above.-L. L. WARE, Omaha, Neb.
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BAEOEEIs.
EBITGE AATIoEAL IEIBUSE: A short tine
ago you published au account Of the hanging
81 ohalby Cole, a regular bush WLacking gucr-
Filla. 10 de Soto BIO, ID September, 1854 and
oCw ~ yOur issue q april l., less, comes one
~ Lae S.h Ind. battery charging cur own BOYS
WITH doing horrible ching giz. pjuHiug Shelby
Cole down o. tie car l00r wiJl a b4yougt
Through each arm and tie calf o. each leg.
know IAe Z1tA Iowa boys were TOO noble a SCI
o. Fellows 10 act 30 Ilhgmauciy. jas, bow Cole
was captured how be was wounded and how
he killed The noble hearted Sergeant who had
treated him 50 kindly, can be better told by
on 81 the 9th boys. As I am che Of the boys
who united the rope from the calf, would like
70 tell % the hanging Of Cole.
The killing O. tie Sergeant By Cole happened
Oh tae morning 81 the 25th Of September, 1864,
according 70 my diary. lie was, Of the 9th
4oHA, and Sergeant q the guard, and think
second relief lie had lent his overc0at 10 Cole
who WAS suffering from his wounds. When re-
Nevcd, he called for his coat. This gave Cole
tie opportunity 10 approach and cut tie Ser
geanta throat At the first peep Of day l and
Two comrades hurried down 70 the FIRE. very
Dear The depot where, lying within a few feet
o. each other, were the dead Sergeant and Cole
the latter lying on bis back, with hands tied
behind LiID. lie was, from his looks, nearly
dead. he did not open his eyes, nor did hC
speak The wound in his head excited some
sympathy Ia Us in spite Of the murder
ia few minutes q large man with yellow
stripes on his pants came up and grasped one
OF the gucrrilla's legs and another grasped tho
other, and in a moment h6 was being dragged
over tAe rough ground 10 the distance OF prob
A3iy 10 rods, when they concluded TO carry him
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n account OF The exc
cution of Shelby Cole,
the notorious Missouri
guerrilla, by Comrade
Mckinney, 9th Ind.
battery, appeared in
THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE Of April y. For
his benefit I Wl write
YOU an account Of the
same affair; and ! viii
state at the outset that
I was an eyewitness
and did not get my
information from any
one, as C0mrade Nc
Kinney evidently did.
I say / was an eye
witness. but ! was not
to all Of it, for the most
tragic part Of the affair
occurred IN one Of the
darkest nights depO-
nent ever experienced,
and in one Of the thick
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HELENA TO CLARENDON.
Story of Midwinter March in the Snow and SIeet.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

ERHAPS an episode
pertaining to the
boys of the I'd Wis.
Cav. while they were
camped at Helena,
Ark, during the
Winter of 1923,
might not be amiss,
and would refresh the
memories of those
present at the time.
In January, 1863, a
detail was made from
our regiment and
started as a scouting
party across TO Gar
endon, on White
River, a distance of
about 60 miles. AS
usual. the command
did not start until
late in the afternoon.
About the time we
started the rain start
ed as well. Well, we
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Women are naturally truthful, especially
when they are talking about another woman
that they don't like.-SOmerUile Journal.
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
What Our Veterans Have to Say About
Their Old Campaigns
SHELBY COLE.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

Various Accounts Of the Death Of the Notorious
Rulian.
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TETANTED-By DIR. J. 1IacCouneII. So w Rutland
w Square, B55toH Aass-Ihe address Of sly come
rade of Co T. 81 Nd Cav, who remembers Wul Davis
who was C0ulnissary Sergeant
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IETANTED-By VIM. Tabor. Alta City Ctll--Tha
w addresses Of comrades Of ID Colo Cav. Wlo were
In engagements ut Camden Point, No.. July, i LisEia
Blue aud Nestp0rt, Mo- Mine Greek and Newtoli Also,
addresses OF Capt Z. p. Elmer AID Dr. vance, Co X ID
Colo. Cav
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Observation-Disclosures.

w A medal of honor naval and military, s. EeaIny
cross and State medals given to soldiers and sailors rom
ls6l 10 1s5j 549-4t
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RIVERS AND HARB0RS.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE PREPARED TO Re-
PORT ITS BILL.
Twenty Million Dollars Appropriation Asked
The Estimates Sealed Down From l6O
MilliOns-Ths Congressional Pro
gramms-0thsr News.
sOeeta, Ttlerom 10 he Rsoister.

Special telegram 10 the Register.
WASHINGTON, d. C, March 25.-The
River and Harbor Committee will prob
ably finish its work by tomorrow evening
and have the bill in shape to report to the
House at once. The committee are
pledged to secrecy, and the only state
ment made is that the bill is
only for continuing Improvements and
and the original enterprises, if any are pro-
vided for, must come up as amendments
TO the bill now formulated. 1t is under
stood that the bill appropriates $40, ,OO0,-
900. It is the largest amount of any hill
yet brought before the House for the same
purpose. The River and Harbor bill that
President Arthur vetoed provided for only
$19, ,OOO, 900 Of expenditure. At the same
time it must be recalled that there has
been no appropriations for two years.
The reports for the local engineers called
for an expenditure Of $16O, COO, 600, these
the chief engineers revised and cut down to
$40, ,OO0, 900, and on that basis the COM
mittee went to work, but in every instance
the amount was reduced from 45 TO so per
cent, and that rule was followed
all the way through. The Commit
tee will resist the amend
ment presented in the House
for new improvements that contemplate
in the aggregate additional appropriation
Of more than s. O0O,O0 Under these
circumstances the outlook for the purchase
Of the improvements Of the Mosongahela
Navigation Company is not hopeful unless
il should be construed that such purchase
was in the direction IN continuing the i'm
provements already made at the head OF
the Monongahela by the Government.
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RATE DISCRIMINATION.
Franklin II. Gowen Talks About II to The
Senate Committee.

Franklin II. Gowen Talks About Il to the
Senate Committee.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-Franklin b.
Gowen, eq-President Of the Reading rail-
road and counsel for George Rice in his con-
tests with the Standard Oil Company, was
given hearing to-day by Senator Cullom's
Committee on Interstate Commerce, which
is investigating the discrimination practiced
by the railroads in favor of the Standard
Oil Company. Mr. Gowen's purpose was
to advocate certain amendments to the
interstate commerce law which had sug.
gested themselves during the progress OF
the Rice cases.
Mr.. Gowen thought Congress ought to
give u. S. District and Circuit Courts or
iginal jurisdiction in all cases arising un-
der the Interstate Commerce law, to com
pel the common carrier to perform its duty.
Iu advocating exemplsr damages, lie urged.
that there was no injury so great as that
whereby the officers of a public higway
selected O few favored people and
made a special rate to them, which drove
others entirely out Of business. He
expressed the belief that out Of the
$500, ,OOO, 900 annually paid for trans
portation in this country from fifty
to one hundae0 millions were taken
from the pockets Of the people and paid
iuto tine hands of favored corporations,
which fact accounted for the large for
times that were sometimes made very sud
denly,
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coSFIRMATIoN SERVICES

H.id =, AZ. Mathews and Sc. Laks's kpisco-
pal Churches Yesterday.
Notwithstanding the inclsmsnt weather
of yesterday morning. the congregation st
st. Mathews P. E. Church was very large
to participate in the confirmation services
RI. Rev. Bishop George W. Peterkin; OF
this Diocese, conducted the services assist-
ed by Rev. r. Rush Swope, ID. D., reStos
of the church. Bishop Peterkin presence
one of his usual able and instructive ssr-
mons. after which . clas Of thirty-dx,
composed of young and old, was confirmed.
Bishop Peterkin delivered . very in
structiye and eloquent address to the class
and was followed by Rev. Swope. Both
of the reverend gentlemen referred In their
remarks to the church debt and urged
the congregation to interest themselves IN
the work Of liquidatipg ii. Rev. Swops
said that the yestry had resolved to pay
of the debt by certain time and he
asked each member Of. the congregation
TO assist them in their work. Every
member of the congregation was urged TO
attend q meeting Wednesday evening TO
talk over the matter and devise some
means TO overcome the debt.
The services yesterday were pretty and
impressive, the music was splendid, and
the sermon and addresses eloquent. This
was the largest class ever confirmed In st.
Mathews.
There was Q very large congregation pres
ent ut st. Lukes church, last evening. to
listen to the sermon delivered at that time
By Bishop Peterkin, and to witness the
ceremonies incident to the confirmation OF
the persons presenting themselves for ad-
mission into the church. Nineteen per-
sons were confirmed, six Of them being
from st. Mathews church. The Bishop
preached from Ecclesiastics, last chapter,
10th verse, and was listened to with great
interest.
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AFIGHr ON CooPER.i
A Plan to XII on the Pennsylvania Chair

-
man.
PHILADELPHIA, March $50 far as
the Philadelphia Republican politicians
are concerned, they do not seem to care
much whether Chairman Thomas V.
Cooper shall lead the next State and Ma
tional campaign or not. It is freely &C
knowledged that the opposition to the
Chairman's reelection is formidable and
may win. The reasons given why be
should be defeated, as understood in this
city, are, first, that he is too much OF
Blaine main, first, last and all the time.
The leaders followed Blaine because he
was in the lead, not because they wanted
him nominated. With Blaine's .declina-
tion they speedily jumped to the dark
horse, while Cooper still stuck to the man
from Maine. Blaine's nomination would
make Cooper the Pennsylvania leader,
hence the opposition.
The statement by Hon. Thos. V. Cooper,
that VIM. II. Andrews has withdrawn as
a candidate for Chairman Of the Republi-
can State Committee, published in Satur-
days Philadelphia Press, has ELECTED the
following dispatch, viz:
"7b The Philadelphia Press, Philadelphia, Pa
1.-THE statement in your Saturdays issue
representing Hon. Thos. V. Cooper as say
ing that have withdrawn from the can
vass for Craftsmanship Of the State Central
Committee, makes it necessary for me To
ask you to authoritatively publish that /
am still a candidate for the position
named, and have neither withdrawn mol
indicated to Senator Cooper, or any one
else, an intention to do 80.
[Signed Nv. d. ANDREWS"
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STORM AT ST. PAUL.
some More OF ths Biizzard - Railroads
Rfoekod I'm

some More Of ths Blizzard - Railroads
blocked Up.
ST. p gL, 1'"I sstsfsh 25.-COming,
as it did yiust2sEen people were looking
for si@sof spring, the severe snow and
wind storm which ragged all to-day in
Northern Wisconsin, Minnesota and Da-
kota seemed especially unpleasant. tap
preached from a southwesterly direction,
being driven along at a thirty-mile- an
hour gait. The snow, which is very
heavy and packs easily, has fallen to a
deptb.of from to inches. In st. Paul
it began falling at 10 o'clock this morning
aud continued until dark. Street car
travel was abandoned and pedestrians Sx-
perienesd great officially in making their
/ way about the streets The temperature
remained comparatively mild. Train on
most. of the railroads centering here are
froIa one TO seven hours late, while traffic
on he Hastings and Dakota and the st.
( Paul and Kansas City has been wholly
| abandoned