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FREDERICKSBURG.



EDITOR NATIONAL Tribune. HAVING secv
several articles Ia The SATIoSAL TRTBITSF
Shout who built the p0nt0on bridges at Fred
ercEsbarg, Z Will tell what know afout them
Dee 10 1852, we received orders 70 throw a bridze
across the river az what was afierward called
Eranklin's Crossing. We went down with our
boai-iTaln It dusk, and as there was no road 10
the river At this point We slid our boafs -,
the steep bank aud into the water and ~ dav,-
Agnt commenced operations, TO the surprise Of
Tie rebel pickets. who fired q few shots aid
withdrew. We were supported bv battery &c
artillery on the nights above as This. think
was about three miles below the CITY. A az.
tScnaent o. the l5th \. Y. Eug. built another
near Us; the 10th n. y. Eng. built one in front
Of the city. Our bridge remained uufiI tbe
40s-, when we took il up. April IS we built
another bridge al the same place. and on Nav2
We look y IN sections and rOwed IL m the
river 70 the city and swung il across the river
below The old railroad bridge and when the
troops recrossed we took il up. The rebg cayne
s"aftling INTO the city, and we could see them
Watering uE from behind the buildings on fhe
river bank, but they were kept back nv onT
Sfs,lleIy posted on the nights back OF as.
While we were rowing up the river tie rebs
LIiea 70 ger TIE range On Us and dropped eev
era shells near us, but did 10 damage ~ eitber
men o. boats. June we built another bridge
A. fEankiins Crossing, bat the rebs In tie
--ete At-ADtfA W ~ line OF works al
TIC Bank opposite Us, and disputed orr CROSSING
here was the place where the gallant ems
Charles Z. Cross was killed while direetine- to
loading Of boats with troops, which We feTriaS
across, 70 dislodge the enemy. This bridge y,ae
thrown over the river IN daylight, ia the face al
the enemy.
I served Ia the United States Engineers
from October, 1862, until February. 1867 In
your issue Of July Is 7. I. Wiley seems ~
want al the honor Of bridge building. he
says he has faint remembrance Of seeing sorae
Regulars around headquarters, but. like some
ether Regulars, were more ornamental than
useful. Now, comrade, that is not fair. 10 try To
Dellttle such an old organization as the United
States Engineers. We did our duty wherever
We were ordered. No matter what myself or
oomraee Wiley may say, the official records
VII Ten who did the work. No. comrade we
&c not want 20 claim ali the honor. but want IA
share y with you. No one ever disputed that
the 18th and 5oth n. Y. Eng. were as good
regiments rs were in the service. / had friends
IN the 5Otk, and visited il often. ana Know
Eomething OF them. Because we were Rem
lars We were no less good soldiers. and enIizfed
ss much from patriotic motives as anv one IN
the vOluntcers.-P n. EVANS, Co. B n s
1ngs 1886 Vine street, Denver, Colo
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The Swift Specific Co, Atlanta, Ca:
During the spriag Of 1871, while woHzaaR
Ia the field at my home IN Morgan esunsy,
Ca, pulled of my shoes to give my feet 3
rest. Unfortunately, | walked into slEmp
Of poison oak, AID in a few days my fess
were in a terrible condition, and 1 could ncs
put on a shoe because Of the soreness aud
swelling. / was treated as poison oak cases
usually are, and everything was healed CD.
About the sane time the following spring,
1872, my feet became sore again, as az first,
and every succeeding spring for tive years
brought back the same condition Of tha dis
ease, only each time il became more dis
tTessIng, because ] began 70 think i vas .
lifetime trouble. Finally, was induced -
Try SWi.l's Specific. ] took SIX bottles, and
to-day ara entirely vel. Ny improvements
was gradual from the first, and nc evidences
OF the disease remains. I shall taxa pleas
ure in testifying as 70 its curative proper
ties. II is the greatest blood purifier IN ex.
istence. Yours truly ]. L. MoRaAS.
The foregoing certificate Is taken a
random from thousands Of letters IN posses
zion Of the Swift Specific Co, and presented
simply as a sample It Is a voluntary
statement, giving facts and results Of ths
case. Its accuracy and genuiasnsss arc
beyond question.
A valuable Treatise on Blood aaS Skin
Diseases mailed free. Address
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer Atlanta. GA.
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AS REMEMBERED BY A TENNygsEEAr

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I see a great
deal said in your paper about the Providential
Spring at Andersouyille Prison. which is badly
mixed up. ! want to say that | was there and
drank water from that famous spring, and
therefore know it was there. 1t broke out in
ditch or gully that ran down the hill between
thestockadean dead line, on the westside ofth
prison, between the north gate and the swamp.
When the flood las it was termed) came in
August. 1864, the water not only ran with great
force down that gully, but ran in torrents
down that hillside and ali through the camp.
Well do remember the loss of my mess located
on that hillside. The water not only ran in
front of our abode, but leaped in our front door
and carried away a small tin pan containing
two or three small bits Of fat bacon that we
were holding in reserve and anxiousIy watch
ing and waiting until the next meal issue, that
we might devour it. sprang out and recov-
cred the pan, but, alas, the meat was gone and
we could do no better than meekly sit and
white las only pet Yanks COULD to keep our
courage up until the next day; but our loss
was, perhaps, more than repaid by the thorough
cleansing of the camp, there being a vast
amount OF filth washed out. After the food
subsided there was nice clear water running
down that ditch about half way from the
swamp to the north gate and high enough up
the hill to give sufficient elevation TO convev
the water inside the dead-line by means Of
smaii troughs MADE OF pianks, and it fell into a
large trough or box about Is inches high that
sat on the firm ground near the edge of the
swamp. AS | now remember, the spout of
water as it poured from the trough to the box
looked to be about one inch in diameter. The
camp was not half supplied with water from
the spring, as vasJ numbers used water from
the many wells that had been dug by the pris-
oners III the camp; yet have seen hundreds Of
men standing IN line waiting their turn at the
spout, each newcomer falling in at the rear. 80
continuous line was kept up all day-not a
straight line, however. / first went into An
dersonviile about the 1st Of May, 1864, and re-
manned until about the 10th of September. and
thereafter was confined at Savannah Millen
Blackshear and Townsville, and returned 10
Anders0nville about Christmas with about fopr
or five thousand others, and the spring, trough
and box were still there in good running order.
l was finally released near Jacksonville. Fla.
on the 18th of April, 1865, having been prjs-
oner from the 24th of March, IsG4.-R. T.
BOYD Co. B, 9TH Tenn. Cav, Buena Vista,
Tenn 7
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AN ILLINOIS MANS STORY

EDITOR NATIONAL Tribune: In your vain
able paper / see some controversy about the
Providential Spring in the pen of death and
misery Andersonvile.
As remember, it was some time about Aug.
], 1864, one evening there come the hardest
rain ever saw. After the rain old Capt. Writ
came in with some negroes and filed mail the
wells he could find. The next morning nm
the north side of the creek, just on our side
OF the dead-line, the spring was running nure
and fresh. | was there and know whereof /
speak.-LEoNtDAs POTTER, Co. F, 21st III.
Glen Allen Mo- l'
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A True sfnrr

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In the Fall
of 1863, after the battle of Mission Ridge and
Lookout Mountain. our company was station
ed at Chattanooga. Often there were de-
tails for train-guard duty, and one bright
morning early, the Orderly came down the
company street calling, " Fall I'M Double
quick -" Three days rations were issued to
% picked men, and, being one of the number,
we were of to the depot where we found
train of four cars-One coach and three box
cars. Gen. o. S. Grant, Pap" Thomas and
others were Of the party. Out past old Forts
Wood aud Negley, through the tunnel and OH
TO Knoxville, East Tenn; by Fort Sanders,
where Long5treet made his desperate charge,
and was SO bravely met by the men under
Burnside. We stayed there until the next
night, and then the party took the train back
for Chattanooga; and the attempt that was
made on the way back if it had been SUCCESS
ful, would have prolonged the war for years.
Near place called London, where the railroad
winds around the rocks 70 feet above the Ten
nessee River, someone having by some means
learned OF this trip being made by the GEN
erals, had taken r rail, and placing one end
against the rocks had leaned the other out
over the track, intending to pitch all down onto
the rocks rs feet below. We were in two box
cars ia the rear, and the train travelling at the
rate OF Is miles per hour. when we heard a
crash, and the splinters from the side of orr
car were thrown in on us, and next we heard
old Pap" Thomas calling, Tumble out.
boys, and search the rocks" Search we did
but, Of course found no one. Twelve inches
nearer aud the old Army of the Cumberland
would have been without leader II inches
more over the track, and who would have
given terms to Lee2 None OF our party would
have seen the end of the war; d. FosKE
9th independent Company, Ohio Sharpshoot-
ers, Oberlin, o.
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a cLAIM 81 THE $50 "a.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: As it Is in
fashion to make claim as to who killed Stone
wall Jackson, will put in our little claim. In
the first place, one Samuel Danham, Co. K, CID
Pa, in a series Of war articles that appeared some
six years ago in the Philadelphia Weekly Times,
made claim for the SD Pa. having had hand
in the matter
Now | know from what / read of the locality
when he was killed that we were in the woods
and not over two rods from the road the night
he was killed, from about II o'clock D. IN. until
nearly o'clock a. m, and that whole volley
OF musketry was fired in their directon.-C.
9. COOPER, Co. G, SD Pa, Knickerbocker,
Tex.
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A mAINE comRADE,s REcoILEcTIoNs

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I think the
account by J. M. Taylor, Co. l, Sd Mich. re-
garding the killing of Stonewall Jackson the
correct version of that matter. There was no
possible chance that / can see for troops other
than Birney's or Whipple's Divisions having
any share in the taking off of the great Stone
wall. The Sd and 9th Mich. were there, aud
my regiment the 4th Me-, was part of Wards
Brigade, and led the advance on that midnight
charge on the first day at Charlottesville. The
charge was made from an open field outside
of the then established line of the Union army,
and nearly half mile in advance, and nearly
parallel to the Union lines little to the right
oblique, so that our right struck the Twelfth
Corps and our left Stonewall Jackson's Corps
I think the 5th Mich. about captured the I'd
Mass. that night while Wards Brigade got
away with one of Slocum's batteries, which
had been placed on the plank road. / feel sure
that the shot that mustered out Stonewall
Jackson came from the left of the Sd Me- or
the right of the 18th Me-
Only those who were in that midnight
charge can have an idea of its horrors 1t was
a forlorn hope, and only the intrepid Sickles
or gallant Jack Ward would have undertaken
it. But we did it, and by doing it killed Jack
son and saved our two divisions from being
captured in the morning.
wish Gen. Sickles would write an account
OF that charge for The NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
for, as we all know, he was there. e. DoAK,
Co. Z, 4th Me, Slayton, Mimi.
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Don,t You Know

that you cannot afford TO neglect that catarrh ?
Don't you know that it may lead to consump-
tion, to insanity, to deaths Don't you know
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that while the thousand and one nostrums YOU
have tried have utterly failed that DIR. Sage's
CataTrh Remedy is certain cure2 1t has stood
the test Of years, and there are hundreds of
thousands of grateful men and women in all
parts OF the country who can testify to its eff
hcacy. All druggists.
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Random Shots,

T. ]. Lane, Postmaster OF Greenville Tenn.
says that the rebel Gen. John a. Morgan
WAS killed in the vineyard Of Mrs Dr. Will
liams, about $50 o'clock on Sunday morning
Sept d. 1864. James Leedy, a boy about IS
years old, was probably the person who first
informed Gen. Gillem, then at Bulls Gap, of
Morgan's presence at Greenville but Can't r.
G. Carter, of Greenville, one of Gillem's officers
sent dispatch to Gillem which caused him to
send the troops which arrived at day break.
Charles Barney, Co. e, I'd u. S. Cav Batchel-
lerville, N Y. says that reading the last Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE took him back in memory to
1852, when his regiment was at the front. He
received letter telling him to look low through
the crotch sight and the enemy would tumble
Should this meet the eye of any of his old COM
pany he would be pleased to hear from them.
Joshua ID. King, Co. G, 8th KY, Winchester,
KY lives IN part OF the country where the
rebel soldier is played for all that they used to
be during the war, and they receive all the
benefits which the State Legislature and other
officers can give them, while the Union soldier
is placed in the background. He speaks of
the treatment of patients in the Lunatic Asy-
lum at Lexington. The little property which
he had accumulated has been taken from him
and his farm sold for taxes during his confne-
ment. The timber has been cut from the place
during his absence. The laws of the asylum
prevent any communication by patients with
the outside world, and he has been deprived of
everything. Great wrongs are perpetrated in
the institution of which nothing is ever heard.
the Committee of the Legislature being hood
winked by the authorities. These things
should be looked into by the authorities and q
remedy applied very soon.
j. G. Lindsey, Co. G, 18th Ohio Cav, Ravenna
o., having seen the communication of @. p
Nash, regarding the engine stealers, wants to
give his version of the affair. In June 1868
he was taking pictures at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
when some eight men came into his tent and
desired their photographs taken. They said
they had just returned from rebel prison, and
wanted their pictures before they parted. In
the Fall of the same year, while the militia of
Portage Co., o., were drilling on the fair
grounds at Ravenna, q man was selling book
called Capturing Locomotive" and gave
history of the affair while selling the work It
occurred to Lindsey that he had seen this man
before. de asked the man if he was not one
of the squad whom he had photographed in
Murtreesboro, and was told that no was. and
that his name was Robert Buffum. Bufun at
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The PIlgrIm's Progress

Toward health and vigor is often painfully neni
tential. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters gunootbes ta
path, however, and removes such obstacles in the
way as liver complaint. dyspepsia. disturbance OF
plants Physicians, after thirty wears of triaf 90
cord u their unqualified approval. II is pureIv
botanic and safe. II improves both sleep and
appetite. "Au
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Consumption surely Cured.

To the Editor PLEASE inform your readers that
hsge positive remedy for CONSUMPTION v it, tineS
Use thousands Of hopeless have been pernaneny
cured snail be glad 10 send two bottles OF my reed
fkEE % any q your readers who have copgin orion e
they vi! send me their Express and p o. Adde'S Re-
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Give Them Their Due.

2. Cotton, Co. -, 9Th III. Cav, Sloan Springs,
Ark, had his house and its contents burned
to the ground last May since which time his
family have been compelled to live in an old
stable without chinking. He sees in The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE where comrades who have
met with similar disasters have been helped
by comrades who were more fortunate, but so
far he has had no assistance He was dis
charged for disability, but having been taken
sick on the march cannot obtain proof ueces-
sary to obtain a pension, although the same
has not been disallowed. His doctor has made
affidavit that he is totally disabled, but they
still refuse TO grant his pension. He is very
poor and could not take our paper unless q gem
erous comrade subscribed for him.
D. n. Robinson, Co. l. 6th Ind, Escanaba,
Mich, writes: 81 would like to say a few
words In regard to our Representatives in Con-
gress They have ignored our rights, pigeon
holed our petitions, and turned their backs to
everything that would be of any benefit to the
old soldiers. ! say not ST of the surplus now
on hand in the National Treasury be reduced
or one penny of the so-called war taxes be di-
minished until the men that saved the Union
from an ign0minious death be paid. What
would have been in the Treasury vaults to-day
if Southern Rights had prevailed? Comrades,
think Of it, This Fall, work for men friendly
to your cause and interest"
Benjamin T. Brandt, Co. D, 93d ILL.,, is get
ting disgusted at the manner in which the
tariff issue has brushed aside pension legisla-
tion, and would like to see members of the Pen
sion Committee, especially Chairman Matson,
in the fix some of the old soldiers are in. If
such were the case he would hump himself a
little more perhaps to help right the wrong of
the veterans.
J. B. Towers Co. - 5th Iowa Cav, st. Croix
Falls, Wis, thinks every soldier who wore the
blue owes to his comrades duty during the
Fall elections He should go carefully over
the field, look back and ascertain who have
been the soldiers friends, and then work for
them as we worked for the Nation during the
dark days We may meet some of the soldier
hating element but he finds that bold front
puts these sniveling GROWERS to rout every
time. We must be true to ourselves, and in
time, little by little, all the needy will be
helped.
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Ayers s&rsapariIla ia the quickest cure for all
blood diseases. Its effects are always beneficial
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sToMEwALL JACKSON.
ANOTHER CLAIM FOR THE EXCELSIOR BRr-
GApE

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In reference
to the death of Stonewall Jackson and the
place of receiving his death wound, about
which there has been several items in The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE,-from The Boy Spy 3" of
Aug. 9 to Fred Little, list N. Y, Oct. Att
seems to me there can be no question or doubt
about his receiving his death wound from the
Excelsior fSickles's) Brigade. The statement
of Fred. Little, in your issue of the 4th of Oc-
tober, is somewhat erroneous. The Excelsior
Brigade was moved late Saturday afternoon to
the west on the plank road as far as it was pos
sible in the face of the mad rush of the broken
and routed Eleventh Corps. 1t then turned to
the right and moved some distance into the
woods. The brigade was formed with the I'D
n. Y. (Col. Stevens) on the right, the list n. Y.
next and the 10Th, I'D and 74th n. Y. to the
left, all in line. The list was engaged in the
early part of the evening and night throwing
up a temporary breastwork of trees, brush,
earth, etc, and kept picket well to the front.
During the night, probably about IL or IL
o'clock, there was sharp firing from this picket
in front of the list. This firing was continued
and increased toward the left until it became
quite heavy, and the division batteries, under
command of Capt. Martin, joined in the gen.
eral alarm and firing. l am confident there
was no return fire, and the alarm and firing
soon subsidized. At daylight the picket of the
71st found in its immediate front two horses
one a large, coal black stallion-a colt not over
FIVE years DID, and the other a dark-gray horse
The gray horse was SO badly wounded that he
could scarcely walk both horses were equip
ped with Mcclellan saddles, and one POSSIBLY
both had the Regular Army ddle-bags In
the saddle-bags was found a coarse linen crash
towel, a hair-brush and comb, and piece of
coarse, homemade brown soap wrapped in a
buff envelope. On the envelope was the adj
dress of an officer-a Lieutenant or Captain
and A.-D.-C.-the name now forgotten might
be recalled upon hearing it). This officer was
understood at the time to be on Gen. Jackson's
staff
AS the black horse was retained in the bril-
gsde afterward, and was a big, powerful ami
NAL, and would kick every time anyone came
near his flank when not under the saddle, he
was generally known and named "Stonewall."
The gray horse was badly wounded that he
was stripped and abandoned. 1t was always
understood and believed IN the brigade that
these two horses belonged to Gen. Jackson and
his escort aud that he was killed in our imme-
date front. If there are any soldiers surviv
ing who were with Jackson when he passed be-
tween the army lines that night, they may rec
ognize the description of the horses.-H. L.
POTTER, Colonel, list n. Y, Linden, N. ].
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Mention The National TribunA
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F. A NORTHRUP & co.
More new cloaks at Rodmans.

The treasury department at Wash
ington has just discovered that it is
short fifteen hundred silver dollars.
The loss seems to have occurred in the
transfer of the money from the mint at
New Orleans, to Washington, and will
probably be made good by the express
company. The silver was taken out OF
the bags and bird shot substituted.
1t is with considerable satisfaction
that we publish this week letter from
a Washington correspondent, whose
political gossip coming from the capt.
toll lust at this time, will be found es-
pecially interesting. kansas" is a
Kansas man, a lawyer and as will read
writer. We think his contributions
will be welcomed by the readers Ofthe
REGISTER.
Aswe joyfully meandered homeward
in the earlyhours of Wednesday morn
ing after the election, the northern
breeze waited gently to our ears a
strange, familiar sound. There was
something uIearthly about it vet it
was not from the other world. 1t
touched the soft night air with the
lingering tenderness Of horse-fiddle
at chivaree. We listened and it
came again; and this time 'louder,
clearer, deadlier than before" 1t
seemed a cross between the delicate
soprano of guinea hen and the arts
tic variations of the festive gazette.
Like an inspiration OF memory we
recognized the sound; il came from
Lawrence; it was Tom Breese and Joe
Bristow reading the returns from New
York.
New line of kid gloves at Northrups.
1t is with some feelings of regret that
we realize that the work of the ''Log
Cabin Glee Club" is over for the pres
ent. The club was organized about
the 18th of July and was kept actively
at work until the curtain dropped on
the last act of the drama of the cam
ratification meeting Tues
day evening. Taken all together the
boys have enjoyed it; a feeling of COM
has grown up between them
and they will not soon forget the Log
Cabin Glee Club and the campaign of
1888. The following is a list of the
members: A. C. Scott, leader, A. o.
Allen, w. A. Cummings, w. H. Ev-
ans, S. w. Ellis, w. H. Jordan, Geo.
Lawyer, w. s. Mcneil, H. l.. Nc
Neil, D. B. D. Shelter, A. f..
Wright, w. A. Scott, w. w. Scott.
Best all wool yarn at Rodman's.