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TREVILIAN STATION.
Horse Artillery In the sheridan Raid of 1884.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Can Capt.
Preston say what United States battery lost its
guns and caissons at Trevilian Station? l
never heard of such thing until reading his
account.
My battery-Robertson horse battery, I'd
UsS.-was on that raid, and we lost no guns,
captured or otherwise. Starting out from the
Wilderness with the Cavalry Corps about the
last of May or June l, 1864, we marched to the
rear of the rebe! army, and capturing their de-
pots, destroyed them. The cars, just ready to
start for Richmond, were also captured, and
large number of our men released who had been
taken prisoners at the Wilderness.
My recollection after this, and the stories
heard, as follows:
At Yellow Tavern Gen. George A. Custer,
with the Michigan Brigade charged a Sc ;tion
of rebel battery and captured it. In this
fight the rebel Gen. j. Z. b. Stuart was wounded.
AS we moved on toward Richmond we found tor
pedOes had been placed in the line of our march,
and some rebel prisoners who had been cap
tured were compelled to go forward and dig
them up, while our dismounted cavalry guard
ed them. We were at times surrounded by
the rebels and on the night of June IL Sheri-
dan had our bands playing all night, and had
extra campfres kept up, while the cavalry was
building road over the swamp.
| remember hearing of Gen. Clusters color
bearer and Buger having been shot, and Gen.
Custer tearing the flag from the staff, and also
remember the charge, dismounted, of some New
York regiment Il think the 4th) upon a breast
work with empty carbines driving the rebels
from them. This happened at or near IRE
william Station depot, on the Virginia Gen.
trail Railroad.
/ also remember later on of our crossing with
our artillery over narrow railroad bridge,
and still later of our arrival at White House,
where our own gunboats shelled us for little
while Also Of the attempt to issue as rations
from the wharf, but that was stopped on ac-
count of our men charging on them, and the
rations were afterward issued from the trans
port direct.
Later ON we were sent ON transports TO Wash
ington, and at once from there to the Shenan-
doah Valley, we having been gone some six
or seven weeks from our main army. In the
Valley we again met our old friends, the Sixth
Corps, or Foot Cavalry. Do you remember
Hanovertown, Va, May 81 1864; Salem
Church, Va, May %, 1854 Trevlian Station,
June IL and IL, 1864, and Deep Bottom. July
%, 16642-JosEPH B. BRAY, First Sergeant,
Robertson's Horse Batteries, B and L, I'd U. s.
Art, Orange, n. j.
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Those West
erre fellows appear to do about all the talking
that is done for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE read
ers, and l own / am interested in reading most
of it; but once in a while catch on to some
thing there that makes ne feel like putting in
word myself For instance, that article in your
paper Of Dec. 20 under the head of "Plain
Language" by E. N. N. {sorry he didn't give
his full name,) hits me in the right spot l
believe in calling things by their right names.
Now, if you will give Down Easter little
space in the columns o. your paper to free his
mind, would just like to say that / have
heard so much talk In that same strain about
hurting the feelings of the ex-rebels and their
friends, and that supreme gush of all, the re-
eeption of the Lee veterans in Boston, that it
makes me tired, and / have had it in my mind
for some time to write TO yoR~aDd ask if it is not
barely possible that the North was wrong after
all, and that we fought on the wrong side. To
be sure, there are some things we can recall to
mind that occurred in 't1 which ought to con-
vince anyone that the North was right, but
then that was long tifsie ago. and it seems as
If things are changed arIand some way. Soma
time ago, Just after the Richmond demonstra-
ton over the Lee monument, a leading agri-
cultural paper of New England took pains to
inform its readers that that demonstration was
all right and that Robert Z. Lee was Christian
hero. / had been taking that paper for sew
truthful in it until got hold of that number
Now, as the result of four years of hard service,
and over one year of that time in rebel hell, my
memory is not the best but if l can remember
right the people of the North in 1861 didn't
call any of the rebel leaders Christian heroes,
and can't remember anything they have done
since to deserve that name.
Now, if it is waving the bloody shirt to call
rebel a rebel, to say the South was eternally
wrong and to say that JEFF Davis and many
others of the rebel leaders who plunged this
country into cruel war and caused the death
of thousands Of our brave boys by starvation
and exposure in those death-pen of the South
ought to have been hung and deserve to be
yet, then l am going to keep waving it.
preacher once asked me if / was not will
ing to forgive the rebels for what they had
caused me to suffer. ] asked him if he ever
heard of one that wanted to be forgiven. He
had to admit that ne hadn't-A. II. HUTcHIN-
son, Spragues Mills Me-
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The Fourteenth Corps at Resaca.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: George H
Palmer's article in THIS NATIONAL TRIBUNE
of Dec %, headed what the goth Conn.
Did in the Atlanta Campaign" contains an
error that want set right. He says that at
Resaca, short time before, we retook the
Fourteenth Corps lines, captured the night be-
fore by the rebels, anu with old Joe Hooker
captured the three feld-pieces on the rebel
line of works. Now want to say right here, that
the Fourteenth Corps never lost their works at
Resaca or any place else. The Goth Conn.
must have been large regiment to take the
place of corps. do not know what Gen.
Sherman meant by having five or six corps
along with him, getting in the way of the Goth
Conn. and old Joe Hooker, if they did all the
fighting. The Fourteenth Corps has record that
the late members are all proud OF, and it makes
our angry passions rise to have a man say that
his regiment could WIFI, more rebs than our
corps could.
would like to have the names and post
Office addresses of the survivors of the 33d
Ohio.-W L. GARRETT, Co. G, 33d Ohio, Yell
Verton, O.
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The Flag Of The 10Th Mich

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I want to
know If any member of the 10Th Mich. has any
piece of the old flag that the rebels didn't get
when we were taken prisoners at Spring Hill,
Tenn, March A, 3, 1863. Some of us boys of Co.
E tore the flag to pieces and divided it up.
have my piece yet in good shape; keptit while
q prisoner, and when paroled sent it home to
my wife, and will try and have it at the next
Reunion.-L. A. LABADIE, First Lieutenant
Co. K, 18th Mich, Petoskey, Mich.
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CATARRY. rURED.

4 clergyman, after years of suffering from
that loathsome disease. Catarrh, and vainly
trying every known remedy, at last found a
prescription which com ,Ietely cured and saved
him from death. Any sufferer from this dread
full disease sending a self-addressed stamped
envelope to Prof. j. A. Lawrence, 2i2 East 9th
ST., New York, will receive the recipe free of
charge.
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All We're Soldiers.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I wish to tell
you of family | knew. At the commence
ment of hostilities one Abner Gordon lived in
Columbus, Pa. BE had FIVE sons, whose names
were Abner, jr., Isaac, George William and
Newton. They enlisted in the United States
service. Each one served his full term, and all
came home without scratch.-H. IL. LOWE,
WestYille, Mich.
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Comrade surby straightens It.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1 find in re-
cent issue-sept. 20. 1871 list of Major
Generals as furnished by Capt. ]. s. Glenn, U. S.
A., and am positive that the Captain is in error,
as follows viz: E. A. Hitchcock, not A. Z. a.;
N B. Buford. not N. P; William T. Fl. Brooks,
not w. Fl. T. The Captain has o. B. Wilcox,
and there was no Major General of that name
and also omitted to make mention of the fol
lowing Major Generals: G. w. Morrell and Ger
shom Mott.-R. w. SURBY, Battle Creek, Mich.
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LIKE A HURRICANE.

We (the Infantry arrived in the nick Of
time, aud al day long the battle RACED. The
Colorado troops accustomed 10 fighting In
dianss Gt once sought ambush behind rocks.
brush and trees, and with skillful aim laid
dead these who were bold enough TO approach
their lairs. The Regular troops kept line bet
ter, but even they were not altogether unmind-
iul OF the advantage Of huge bowlder between
themselves and the Rangers. At the begin
ming Of the fight the Rangers carried some
novel weapons, whose use they had no doubt
learned from the Aexicans. They were lances
SIX or eight feet long-perhaps longer; were
composed Of tough wood, and had inserted in
the end heavy steel blade some eight iaches
long. They we're ugly weapons TO look at. and
Our troops did not seem particularly anxious 10
eultiVate their acquaintance especially a. tho
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A Boiler Explosion.

PITTsBURG, July Ga battery of boil
ers at the tannery of A. ]. Grafton
niger, of Allegheny, exploded this af-
ternoon, wrecking several buildings and
seriously injuring six persons, three of
whom will die. Engineer Witzel was
Down through the roof OF the tannery,
and landed in the yard outside. One
side of the main building was blown out
and the boiler house was totally demol-
l5hed. a heavy double wagon was
blown against Witz3l's residence, fifty
feet away, and the side of the house
was crushed in. One section of the
boiler was carried across the A legheuy
River, a distance of over 1000 feet.
Another piece struck a schoolhouse,
l ,200 feet away, and tore out one end of
the building. a scene of widest excite.
ment followed the explosion. Fully
sixty men were at work in the tannery.
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A Blaze.

New YORK, July 6.-Shortly before 1
o'clock this morning a fire broke out on
the top floor of six story building, ex-
tending from IS to 4S east on Eighteenth
street, running through to Seventeenth
street. The flames started in the book
binding establishment of George w.
Alexander. on that floor, and extended
through the upper part of the building.
After doing damage of $3.50, 900, the Ere
was under control at 80. The whole
upper floor, extending from street to
sCieet VAS burned out. The rest of the
building, including all the fifth floor,
which was occupied by the Century
Neg zine. was deluged with water.
Almost all of the one hundred guests of
the Everett House left the building,
after hurried dressing, and took other
quarters. Mr.. Wilson, IN coming down
a fire escape with his wife and child,
fractured his leg. There was no other
casualty.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
The Religious Convention at
Chicago Friday.
MR.. STONES DYNAMITE STORY.
The Amateur Press-The Musical
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Chips
Presidential Vetoes-Etc.
Christian EndeaVor.

CHICAGO, July 6.-Before the regular
session of the national convention oil
the Society of Christian Endeavor to-
day gigantic prayer meeting was held
early this morning in which 900 peo-
pie participated.
The session of the convention was
opened with devotional exercises. Rev.
E. Blakeslee, of Spencer, Mass, was
cslled to the chair and the first regular
e. ercise of the day was an address by
W. H. Childs, of North Manchester
Connecticut, on Prayer meeting, how
may it be improved2" Rev. f. e.
Clark, president of the society, then
spoke on the subject, Christian En-
deavor in England" B. f. Jacobs.
chairman of International Sunday
school work, spoke briefly on the sub
ject of Sunday school work. He was
followed by the report of the treasurer
of the United Society. The report
showed the receipts had been SIS, 800
and the expenditures $16S55. The
session adjourned after a song and
recitation, Christian Endeavor." Ben
ediction.
At the afternoon session of the Chris
IIhu EuuedNOE CONVENTION lie general
topic was, "How the society aids
churches as an evangeIistic force" Sew
eral interesting papers were read. The
evening session was addressed by Rev.
John II. Barrows, of Chicago. The OBJ
ject Of his discourse was to show the
course of Christianity in America. w.
B. BROKER, of South Carolina, said
before the war there was no such thing
as a peniteDtiary known in his State.
1t was only after the emancipation of
slaves that such step was found neces-
sary. There was only one such place in
the State and it was located at Colum-
bia. There are about 900 and $50 of
these are cOlored people, principally
workers on farms bit there are manu-
factories and institutions.
Ex-Governor Lucius Fairchild, of
Wisconsin, said he had not come with
any prepared address, but simply TO
testify his thanks and appreciation of
what the State board Of charity are do
ing for the people. He spoke of the
charities of his State and took pride in
stating that Wisconsin had established
q home where dependent soldiers cUuld
go and not only the dependent soldier,
but his wife as well. He always thought
that the good wife who stood by the
Soldier from 1861 10 1865, should not be
separated from her husband in their
declining years.
Adjourned until evening.
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eminent was founded, had any article
received one half the protection
that sugar had received. Was it right
to levy this tax on every man, woman
and child in the United States TO an
amount not only of duty OF $50 600 600
year but of $30,O00,OO0 of refined
profits? Whatfcr? Toproect refineries
and nable them TO keep up trusts
and to protect louisiana planters and
the man who grew beets and sorghum.
He did not think this was right. Let
sugar under Is come in free, and then
the policy be pursued which would give
the Louisiana planter, California beet
grower and Kansas sorghum grower as
much protection as he receives now or
this proposed amendment accom-
plishes.
After some debate the committee
arose. and the House then took re-
cess till Sp. m.
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Beaten to Death

PITTsBCRG, July 6.-The Chronicle
has Geographic special which says that
early this morning a terrible conflict
occurred at Jessup, Lackawanna
County, between party of Polanders
and Hungarians. The riot was the
result of bitter race feeling existing
for some time, owing to some trouble at
the Dalphus mine, where they were
employed. Andrew Kanowsky, leader
of the Polish faction, was attacked by
Hungarians at his home and fed from
his back door to Michael Paulo's
saloo", were the doors were at once
barred to prevent the attacking party
from getting in. Later they were
determined to secure their man, and
forcing down the doors dragged him
out in the road, beating HIM with
stones and cluos and defying those who
came to his help. They soon pounded
him to death. They began then cele-
brating their crime by drunken
carousal. The leaders Of the party,
Mike O'Lanik, Lew Cunisy and J.
were secured by the sheriff's
deputies at noon and taken to the
Scranton Jail. There has never been
an occurrence so brutal in its character
in this region.
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A Tell-Tale Letter.

PARIS, July 6-The police have seized
at the house of NJ. Dufuell, director OF
the Orleanist Press, copies of a let
ter written by Count De Paris to the
Conservative mayors of France, in
which he says: You have to protect
municipal against the extravagant and
tyrannical administration which is a
willing tool of the party which COM
promises the republic and which vii
cause its downfall. The day is near
when we must all unite to constitute
and establish the government of France
upon double basis. The republic has
not given the Communes the liberty it
promises them. A monarchy alone can
restore to you your liberties and estat-
lish order in the Commune and in the
state"
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A Woman's Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery has
been made and that too by lady in this
county. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital Or
gans were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For. three months
she coughed necessarily and could not
sleep. She bought of US bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
and was so much relieved on taking first
dose that she slept all night and with
one bottle has been miraculously cured.
Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz " Thus
writes W. G. Hamrick 60, of Shelby,
n C-Get free trial bottle at A. G.
Smith & Cos. Drug Store. 2
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The Musical Convention.

CHICAGO, July 6.-The announcement
that this would be "children's day" at
the convention of teachers, attracted an
immense crowd to the Central Music
Hall. A large number of children under
ID years of age were brought forward
and sang with a self-possession that
elected rounds of applause. Discus
sions on aid in music took up The
balance of the forenoon, and the much
talked-of tonic sol ia system was the
main bone of contention. "a recess
was taken until the afternoon
AT the afternoon session, Willard
Burr, of Boston, read the report of the
on termlnalogys An address
ola Yves given by Waldo 7. Pratt. The
report of the secretary and treasurer was
read and the new constitution adopted.
N. H. Dana, of OHIO, was elected
treasurer. after which the convention
adjourned.
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Freight Rates.

New YORK, July GA general STAN
pede of freight rates was effected yes
terday, by way of rail and Lake to
Chicago. The rates were subjected to
a general drop of 80 cents in first class,
% cents in second, 20 cents III third. Is
cents in fourth, IA cents in fifth and 10
cents in sixth. The lines all dropped
simultaneously. No one can assign any
cause for it, further than a general de-
moralization of the freight business.
Apparently the strong lines. particular
ly the New York Central and Pennsyl-
wanna lines, have won the battle against
the weaker roads by destroying all their
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Judge Lynch.

HENDERSON, Kyr July 6.-Robert
Bryant, a 16-years-old negro boy,
stabbed Rely Hancock, (white), aged
10 years, to-day, and killed him, near
Smiths Mills. Three men started to
Henderson with Bryan, and just at
dark were on the outskirts of town
when they were overtaken by fifty
masked men, who drove Bryan's guards
off and lynched the murderer to the
next tree.
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The Amateur Press

CHICAGO, July Cat the meeting of
National Amateur Press Association
to-day the following officers were
elected: President. Albert A. Barker.
of Chicago; Vice Presidents, Herman
J. Spencer, Hartford, Conn.,, Miss
Helen j. Phillips, New Bedford. Mass,
and Louis c. Bigelow, Dowagias, Mich
igan; Recording Secretary, NJ. NJ =.
Block, of Buffalo; Corresponding Sec
rotary, c. w. Dodd, of New jersey {;
Treasurer, John s. Tomlinson, of Chi
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The Iron Strike.

PITTsBURG, July 6.-The list of firms
that have signed the Amalgamated
Workingmen'5 scale was increased to-
day by the name OF the Lawrence Iron
Company, of Ironton. The firm en-
ployes about $40 workmen and opera
tions will be resumed at once.
The Newport (Ky). lion and Steel
Works have also signed the scale.
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Russia and Austria

VIENNA, July 6.-Well informed per-
sons here, deny that an understanding
has been arrived at between Russia and
Austria, regarding the eastern ques-
ton. Russians continue to erect Mill
tary stores near the frontier, and are
building steam mills and bakeries for the
armies around Warsaw which place has
ben transformed into a frst-class Tort
res5. The Russian forces on the
frontier are being increased.