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The National tribune., 1888-01-05
Gen. +. ]. Heron.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE of Dec Is notice that Capt
John Bishop makes some mistakes in his state
ment about Gen. Frank J. Heron. He states
that he was Lieutenant Colonel of the 9Th
Iowa. This is a mistake for Gen. Heron was
Lieutenant Colonel Of the 9th Iowa, and was
in command of the regiment at Pea Ridge, Ark,
where he was wounded and taken prisoner d
short time before the close of the fighting of
March 7, 1862. The action on this part of the
line had been very sharp nearly all day, and
we had changed positions several times with
out losing any ground until just before sun
down, when the rebels charged the lines and
drove us back short distance. 1t was at this
time that Gen.-then Lieut. Col.-Herron was
wounded and captured, his regiment having
lost 249 men in killed and wounded out of $50
men that we went into the fight with in the
morning, having lost more men in this battle
than any other regiment on the field. Gen.
Heron was exchanged few days afterward,
and went home until his wounds got well
was promoted to Brigadier General, and ope.
rated in Missouri during the Fall and Winter
of 1923, and fought the battle of Prairie
Grove in connection with Gen. Blount. After
Gen. Grant placed his army in rear of Vicks
burg Gen. Heron went from Missouri with Q
division and took position on the extreme left
of Grants army in rear of Vicksburg. game:
WILSON, Co. L, 9th Iowa, Flandreau, Oak.
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THE coLoRED TROOPS.
They Did Not XIII Surrendered Rebels at Fort
BlakeIY.

Blaksly.
EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: Some time
since l saw a statement 10 The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE made by comrade who claimed TO
know whereof he spoke, that the negro troops
murdered the rebel soldiers after their surren-
der at Fort Blakely. / felt it to be my duty
then to contradict the statement in the inter-
est of truth and justice to the negroes. but my
desire to avoid controversy kept me silent.
Now, when Comrade Combs states that We
tried to stop the killing of the rebels, but had
to stand back, for the cOlored troops had blood
in their eyes" etc, cannot withhold word
of explanation.
I can easily see how the report could get
abroad that the colored troops had done such
thing, and especially as il was expected that
they would do it because of the provocation
they had had. But how Comrade Combs could
make such statement as the one above quoted
/ cannot understand for it is fact that every
officer of the colored troops will testify that
not a rebel soldier was shot by the darkies after
they had surrendered
Comrade Combs, you say you had to stand
back" Yes, you had to stand back 500 yards
or more, not because the darkies had blood in
their eyes" but because your troops were halt
ed at that distance to the of the fort in the
woods, and the first the coored troops knew of
your presence was after all was over and they
were marching back to camp.
Now, as to " wayering," of which Comrade
Combs speaks, it occurred in this way At
about $50 o'clock an officer probably of Steeles
staff came along the line and called to the
commander of the skirmish-lne to advance a
few rods to slight elevation. This order was
misunderstood and the boys jumped over the
breastworks with yell and started for the
rebel works, but the enemy concentrated his
fire on this part of the line, and had it not been
! for a depression in the ground and the slash
! ing" Hawkins's Brigade would have been an
initiated. But when they saw thatsthey were
alone in the charge, they halted within 100
! yards Of the rebel works and burrowed into the
ground with bayonets and some spades which
were brought to them by Ii of the members OF
my company, who ran down the rayine to our
works, securing their loads and back again in
an incredibly short time
But by the time they had "hunted their
holes" the remainder Of the line started on the
charge, and then our boys went for them
again, this time not TO stop until they We're
within the enemy's works.
If by the use of the word wavering" any
retrograde movement was intended, there was
nothing Of the kind on our part Of the line
nor, in fact, on any part of it from the time the
boys crossed their breastworks until they had
reached those of the rebels. These are the
plain, unvarnished facts as l saw them.-J. l.
CoPPog, Captain, Co. ID, 47th .. S. G. I.
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A LUCKY ESCAPE.
How Two Prisoners Escaped the Rebels By Going
70 Church.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: On Dec 12
1863, VIM. Smith, Co. g. 14th Ill. Cav, NOW
living at Anna, Ill.,, was taken prisoner at
Beams Station, Tenn, in company with Lieu
tenant belonging to a Kentucky or Tennessee
regiment On Dec. a. 1863, the rebels placed
a lot Of the prisoners in a church to guard
them, and Smith and this Lieutenant crawled
in under the pulpit, and remained there all
day. Christmas, when the rebels left Smith
and the Lieutenant escaped. While they were
in the church man came there by the name of
Cloud, who sheltered them for nearly four
months, and who lived halfway between Bean
Station and Bristow. Smith and the Lieuten-
ant had hole in the mountain-side, where
they lived, and Clouds girls would come out
every day 10 gather wood and bring them
something to eat. The girls had to be very
careful, as Longstreet and his men were in that
country pretty thick When the opportunity
came for the Lieutenant and Smith to get away,
one of the girls made Smith a present of q
scarf about I8 feet long, which he kept till
long after the war. Now, Smith would like to
know the name of the Lieutenant and his ad.
dress, and also would like to know the where
abouts of the Cloud family, and at what Station
/ they lived. Can any comrade tell GEO. w
RICHARDS, Adjutant, Post 55s, GAR, Anna
/ III
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Lost and Found.

All. springstein, Co. D. 10th Mich, Pontiac,
Mich, placed his discharge papers in the hands
of an attorney at Romeo, Mich, in 1875, and
they have been lost. If any comrade knows of
them he would be glad to hear from him.
Hiram Thomas, Commander, Carman Post,
Ada, O., has in his possession the discharge
papers Of William West, Co. d, SD Ohio, who
was discharged at Little Rock, Ark. The
papers were found in an old house in Hooking
County, o., and sent to the Post; the owner or
his friends can have them by communicating
with the writer.
MP. Foss Co. F, 18th vt. II. A., Evansville,
VT, has a silver quarter of the issue of 1858,
ON one side of which is engraved or scratched
the letters 80 So The date Andersonville,
1865" and in the center Co. d, Doth Mass
The owner or his friends can have it by COM
municating with the writer.
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To The Editor:-
Please inform your readers that have a
positive remedy for the above-named disease.
BY its timely use thousands of hopeless cases
have been permanently cured. / shall be glad
TO send two bottles Of my remedy FREE to any
of your readers who have consumption if they
viii send me their Express and p. o. address.
Respectfully,
T. A. SLQCUM, III. c., Isl Pearl St., New York.
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Random Shots.

James Reed, Co. E, Sd Colo. Cav, Wakefield,
Kan, thinks it is about time for the old SOL
diers to join the Knights of Labor instead of
wasting their votes upon the two great parties
that have so long promised and yet failed to
keep their promises to the soldiers.
L. d. Immel, Washington, Mo-, upholds THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE in demanding that halt
be called on the rebel building of monuments.
He says that one reason why it should be stop
ped is that it teaches treason to the rising gen.
GRAFTON.
Alexander Alter, Dodge City, Kan, writes,
giving description of that section of the conn
try and of its advantages to old soldiers. He
says that now the cattlemen and cowboys have
gone west into Colorado and left the land there
to the grangers who find it as good agricultural
land as there is in the United States.
Gottlieb Dieter, National Military Home, To.
gus, Me-, writes that Quartermaster Cohaugh
of the Home, gave them splendid dinner at
Christmas and plenty of it. The bill of fare
was very handsomely printed.
N. F. Gilman. Co. K, 29th Wis, Rochester
Mimi, commends the proposition of Private
Dalzel, that no Grand Army man should lose
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Information Asked and Given

Walter H. Sanford, Marble, Mich, had an
uncle during the war, Thomas Robert Harvey,
Battery A, LIST Mich. Art, who was last heard
from at Murfreesboro, Tenn, where it is be-
lieyed he was shot in the leg and sent to the
hospital. His family has never heard of him
from that day. He would like some comrade
to give information of him if possible.
George B. Crawford, Adjutant, Post g. Wells
burg, W. Va, wants to know the whereabouts
of John W. Ader Co. c, 18th Ohio Cav. who
was native of Allegheny Co., Pa, and car
penter by trade. This is very important
matter to Alder.
Geo. w Harmer, Co. c. 146th Ind, Hillham,
| Ind would like to know to what brigade, di-
vision and corps his regiment belonged, and
who were the respective commanders.
| w. Y. Teegarden, Co. G, Sth Ohio Cav, Sui
| livan, Ind, would like to know the comrade of
| the I'd Ohio Cav. who nursed him in Prison No.
| 81 at Richmond, while they were prisoners to-
gether in February, 1865. He thinks that
| both left the prison for exchange at the same
| time.
Comrade Henry Post No AIS, Iroquois, H.,
wants to find the whereabouts of any comrades
| of the late Private Joseph West, Co. G, 4Sth
Ind, who can give any information as to when,
where and under what circumstances West re-
| ceved his wounds from which he died at Halls
| Station, H., lase year.
G. A. Carnan, billiard, Fla, desires to cor
respond with old comrades who contemplate
| going to Florida, to give them information OF
the lands and climate there.
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was composed of four 20-pound iron guns, and
not brass guns, as some of the comrades claim
who say they were present and were the first
to reach the guns.-JAMEs WILSON, Sergeant,
Co. E. 9th Iowa Flandreau. OAK
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Fun.

Send SIS to Comrade J. P vanNest, Wooster,
o., for set of Burlesque Rituals. Just the
thing for a GAR, S. Of ", or other society
public entertainment.
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a Chicago letter carrier says: Hoods sarsa-
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
What Our Veterans Have to Say About
Their Old Campaigns
ATLANTA AGAIN.
Facts and Figures from Official Reports.


EprToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE; In " fieket
Shots in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE OF Nov.
10 1887. the following statement appears IN
regard to the different regiments belonging to
the First Division, Fifteenth Corps, but no date
Is fixed at which they were part Of said d.
vision:
William Ter. Co ID, % No. Louisiana, Mo- has
3 word TO say about The composition OF the FIRST
Brigade, First Division, Fifteenth Corps he as
serls the regiments were the 10Th ONO, Sd Iowa,
18Th Ill., and Sd, 18Th, 18th and 9TH $40. zen;
Wood. who commanded II, was lcfInerly Soiotiel
OF Che 10Th Ohio The Sd No and 10Th ONO were
deployed on the skirInish-line of the brigade at
Lookout Mountain. and were the hTsf troops 10
cross the creek The lith Ind. and 10th lows were
never the First Brigade. First Division FIIteIiih
Corps The writer closes his statement with ihe
assertion that this the brigade that captured
DE Gress's battery az Atlanta
nv attention has been called to the above by
the many errors 1t contains, as / shall try 10
show by the official reports made at the time
OF the battle of Atlanta, as hereafter copied.
J. The Sd Iowa never belonged 10 the First
Division, Fifteenth Corps, at any time during
the war.
,. The Goth Iowa was one Of the regiments
that formed part of the First Division, Eff
teenth Corps, from the time the corps was or
gained until the war was over, and was mus
tered ont at Louisville, KY, july 1865.
3 The 3D. No at the time of the battle OF
Atlanta was in the Third Brigade, First d.
vision, Fifteenth Corps, aud had no part IN the
capture OF De Gress's battery, as will be shown
by copy OF official reports Of that battle made
at that time by division and brigade command
ers Of the First Division, Fifteenth Corps
Rr7,orf Of RTir Gen G x. Woods:
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-11
The "Old Baby's" Grief.

What curious thing 1t Is to think that
that wonderful new baby will turn into a
commonplace old baby in a year or two-that
with the advent of number two his reign is
over.
A little girl, though she is only years
old, takes On interest in that new baby, feels
that she must help take care of it, goes about
materially airing its garments and holding
the pincushion for nurse, delights in its baths
and boasts about her baby brother before she
can talk plain But the boy-that is another
matter. He scowls when that wrmkled
piece of humanity is presented to him, and
refuses to kiss it. He wants none of it. Why
should it have his place on mammals Shout
derg Why should he be told to go away9 He
thinks as ill of it as his limited knowledge of
mundane affairs will permit him to think of
anything. He has been known to request that
it might be ''frowed away" and to call it
"nassy sing" and, indeed, his trials are very
great Life has altered signally for him.
He feels it to his hearts core, if he is made of
sensitive stuff.
1t is all very well for Bridget to take him
into the kitchen and tell him to 'be nice
lad, an she'll make him a cake. He wants
his mother; he never was turned out of
mothers room before. His heart is full.
Well for him, at this time, if he has grand
mother ready to make him her idol, little
Jealous for him as the first born. Then, indeed
his ways shortly become the ways of pleasant
ness, and life assumes holiday, cake, candy
gingerbread and toy aspect. But in any
event that old baby has a very unhappy
day or two before it, season when knowl-
edge Of the bitterness of life comes to him
prematurely, and he understands the feelings
OF a deposed emperor.-Mary Kyle Dallas in
Once O Week.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-11
Let the Girls Romp,

Most mothers have dread of romps, so
they lecture the girls daily on the proprieties,
and exhort them to be little ladies. They
like to see them very quiet and gentle and as
prim as possible. The lot of such children
is rather pitiable, for they are deprived Of
the fun and frolic which they are entitled to.
Children-boys and girls-must have exercise
to keep them healthy. Deprive them of it,
and they will fade away like flowers without
sunshine Running, racing, skipping, climb
ing-these are the things that strengthen the
muscles, expand the chest and build up the
nerves. The mild dose of exercise taken in
the nursery with calisthenics or gymnastics
will not invigorate the system like good
romp in the open air.
> Mothers, therefore, who counsel their little
girls to play very quietly make a mistake.
Better the laughing, rosy checked, romping
girl than the pale, lily faced one, who is
called every inch a lady. The latter rarely
breaks things, or tears her dresses, or tires
her mothers patience as the former does;
but, after all, what does the tearing and
breaking amount tol 1t is not wise policy
to put an old head on young shoulders. Child
hood is the time for childish pranks and
plays. The grlswill grow into womanhood
soon enough Let them be children as long
as they can. Give them plenty of fresh air
and sunlight. and let them run and romp as
much as they please. By all means sIve Us
hearty, healthy, romping girls. rather than
pale faced little ladies, condemned from their
very cradles to nervousness, headache and
similar ailments -Farm and Manufacturer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-11

The picturesque, the odd, the grotesque,
has been fashionable now for years, but the
formal was then the order Of the day. View
ing the distress of my friends, | then and
there resolved that If had children when l
was grown up and married." they should
never DO tormented by within of mine The
world Of small people Is less tolerant than
that of "grown ups"
have seen a 'queer" lunch basket, a
caprice in tho cut Of ali apron, set of furs
not approved of by schoolmates, torture a
child's soul; and when schoolgirl or school
boy wants something because the others
have it," provide it if you can.
A sense of being different from others, pc
culiar, an object of ridicule, breaks chIld's
spirit, and it does not matter that it ought to
know that what you have given it is some
thing superior, If it does not.
knew a woman who told me that she al
most hated Der mother because she would
cut her hair short, like boys, at a time
when all the other children wore hong
braid tied with ribbon, unless they were
fortunate enough to possess "ringlets. ~
Mary Kyle Dallas in Once a Week.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-11
4 Tobacco Hungry Indian.

Ii i'S2 AID 1883, while travelling for large
st. L""iS house i'll the Indian territory,
learned more of Indian traits and Indian
character than could have found out from
reading 100 Indian stories such as were
written by J. Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain
and Bill Nye. You never meet an Indian on
the road in the Indian nations, but your ma
tive quietly and suddenly emerges from the
tall grass or brush of the wayside, stands on
the highway in front of you and says: How"
You tell him you are well and he says:
WHISKY" When he is informed that you
are out of that drug he puts to you the single
word, interrogatively: "'baccoF' You hand
him your plug, expecting him to cut Off a
small corner, and in second the whole plug
disappears between his molars In his capa-
ciouS mouth.
My Indian host, who spoke fair English,
advised me to cut the remaining plugs had
into small pieces and give only one piece at a
time. Six different times between Muskogee
and Okmulgee, in the Creek country, at
places quarter Of a mile apart, did the
same Indian spring out of the grass on the
road in front of me and greet me with a
friendly "Howf He had cut circuit in the
grass each time to come out ahead of me, s.nd
he used slight DISCUSSES of dress, thinking
that did not recognize him as the man who
got the first chunk Of tobacco. But made
him run about eight miles for about plug
and a half of tobacco.-G. A. Schmidt in
Globe-Democrat
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-11

self an agreeaUIe apo. ..r,,hU puts nImsen out
.. it and will not let himself in unless the
clergyman is there, or unless somebody ar
rives from distant city or another street.
1t is better to turn the Juvenile population
Of the house into the parlor, TO wear the best
carpets to shreds, TO leave finger marks on
the mantel piece, to let them jump on the
bed in the best room until it has no moro
spring in 1t than restaurant chicken-it Is
wiser TO do this than to close and sanctify
these apartments, involving them in soleu-
nifty, dampness and q stuffy smell Open the
blinds and windows and let the light and air
in; let the children in, too, and live there
yourself. Don't have things too fine to USE
II you own piece of furniture that you think
is too good for you, and that you find that
you can't live up to it, give it to museum
and have it put in glass case, or, better,
give it to friend who is not afraid Of it,
Brooklyn Eagle
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-11
Method of Marking Clothing.

With Payson's indelible ink and a steel
pen, write on the small hem Of the sheets,
and the inside of the pillow case hem either
her name or initials like this, c. o. A. l <,
c. o. A. 2x. That is to know whether her
number is correct at a glance As they get
older and she buys new, number them in the
same way commencing with l., then and so
on, and put after each number the single
cross TX, then mark another cross on the first
lot like this, Xxx. AS they take thsir turn
among the old, number the new ones in the
same way. She would know then that G. o.
A K, c. o. A. 3 means the new one, C.
o. A. l Xxx, c. o. A. 2 Xxx means medium and
C. O. A. Xxx, c. o. A. 2 xxx means old,
the numbers, of course, to Increase with
each one up to IL of each kind if she has
them. AS all are numbered, she can tell at
a glance whether any are missing and by the
crosses which lot it belongs to. - Emma
Keller in Good Housekeeping.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-11

the Quiz am over: serrOus what a. thufider
storm in a season of dull weather does for the
atmosphere. He eectriies the air and gives
relief to pent up natures. The persons who
enjoy life through having an aside that gives
them genuine culture, and who have the
capacity of communicating the suggestion of
this power to others or of awakening it with
in them, are the benetactors Of society. If
they happen to be landlords, they always
have crowded houses If they are teachers,
they always awaken their pupils and push
them forward. If they are parents, their
children in mature life are sure to rise up
and call them blessed. There is the capacity
in nearly every one to get more out of life in
a good sense than they are getting, and the
secret of it is to use ones little spare time
every day for the purpose of advancing on
the line Of what one likes to do to the things
that lie outside of ones immediate industry
or calling. This is an unfailing method for
reaching out to permanent supplies of enjoy
ment. -GoSto:l Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-11
Tender Morsels of Humanity.

Children of well-oo-do people, educated and
supposed to possess average intelligence, sui,
fer severely in summer from want Of the
most ordinary care, especially in the case Of
families remaining in town during the heated
term and taking excursions to the beaches
once OF twice a week, when it is not unusual
to make trial of the efficacy OF salt water
bathing for six-months-old babies, and to
bring them home in the cool, chill evening,
without extra wraps, or any apparent rscol-
lection of the fact that tney are tender
morsels of humanity.-Janet E Runtz-Rees
in Demorests Monthly.