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The Osceola times., 1888-07-14
ENGLISH AS vOlAPUk.
Anglo-Sason Gradually Becoming the
Language Of All the World.

Language Of All the World.
A universal language must be
growth. Some national language must
expand until 1t covers the whole world.
or late years the English language
alone has been much spoken of as likely
to grow so great. Hardly any philoso-
phic linguist attempts to forecast the
future without some discussion OF the
destiny of English; ana DE Candclic
calculates that within one hundred
years English will be spoken by 500
600, 600 of men, German by l2I0o0,OVO
and French by 96.0oo,0oo. Al present
the populations either speaking tho
English language or under the domino
ton OF English-speaking people, NUM-
Der more than 3lS, 29S,0 900, or one
fourth of the population Of the globe,
English-speaking rnces' occ'nvone-
fourth of the dry land of the earth, and
own nearly two-thlrds OF the tonnage
OF the ships. They live in all regions;
they handle all articles OF trade; they
preach 10 all nations; they command
one-half Of the worlds gold and silver
and distribute more than two-thirds OF
the Bibles and Testaments. More than
| one-half OF the letters mailed and car
ried by the postal service of the world
are written, mailed and read by the
English speaking population. The en-
pectation that English will come into
universal use is not based upon any
thing in the nature Of the Language
but rather on the character and circuni-
stances OF the people.
The English people have been thc
great colonizers OF modern times
They have taken possession of Amerl'
ca, OF Australia, OF South Africa, the
regions which aye 10 bethe seats OF
new empires, and they. control and as
simulate the populations. which nov
into them and which er'ow4 up In then.
y 4. Marsh, ia Forum. '''s'
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MISCELLANEOUS.

AT Calcutta the subscriptions for a
government loan OF f3 10000 amounted
to twice the sum required.
A CONTRACT has been signed by the
Pittsburgh Steel ting Company to
furnish some heavy castings for the
cruiser Maine, now building at the Brook
Ign Navy Yard. Among the pieces to be
cast is The stem-post which will weigh
when completed, 40 tons.
CONSIDERABLE alarm is felt at Canton,
Mass, because of a typhoid fever cpl
demie in that place. Over fifty cases and
two deaths had been reported up TO the
9th. The Kinsley Iron aud Machine Com
pany Works have beer shut down because
Of the illness VI ihe employees II is sup
posed that the disease has been caused by
cess-rool drainage into well.
IT is said that the projected bridge
across the Hudson river AT New York City
is designed TO be the largest in the world.
the middle span being 1888 feet long ant
the end spans 1909 feet. Gustave Linden
thai. the designer. says that brooklyn
bridge will BIO Of small consequence IN
fo1 -SSas;tssos Fi ts &. Il
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day morning, Of Hen
ry W. Moore, man
aging editor OF the
Post Dispatch, with
Emma S., wife of
John W. Norton, the
popular manager of
the Grand Opera.
house. .
Mr.. Moore gained
Nadmittance to the
,home of Mr.. Norton
Through the latter's
generous patronage
OF a man who, with
The Osceola times., 1888-07-14
SiE SERPENT'S TRAIL.

Henry W. Moore, Managing Editor of the
st. Louis "Post-Dlspatch," Betrays His
Best Friend by Robbing Him OF His Wife
and Life's Earnings.
Sr. LOUIS, July 9.-The greatest social
sensation that has occurred in this city in
"a generation, was the elopement, Satur-
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A policeman in Newark has discov'
cred new wrinkle in chicken-stealing'
One night recently, while on duty, he
saw two dogs, each with fat chicken
in his mouth. He investigated ana
learned that n man living In the vicin-
i;y had trained two bird dogs 10 enter
hennerics and carry of the birds. Inc
owner waits al mfe distance with
bag. In which be deposits the prooeeds
NJ tbs rad s.a......l 80
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

CONGRESSIONAL EOCEEbiNts'
In the Senate, on the Cd, the passage OF the
River and Harbor bill was the feature OF the
days proceedings The bill, as originally re-
ported from the Senate committee on com
mercc, appropriated si,56A,6s As II passed,
on the I'd, IL appropriates sss,ai7ss The con
ference report on the Natchez Bridge bill was
agreed to. On motion Of Mr.. Hoar, the Fish
cries treaty was postponed until July l0..... IN
the House, the day was largely taken up in
successful efforts by Mr. Anderson, OF Iowa 10
prevent the passage OF the Union Pacific Fund
ing bill under q suspension OF the rules 81.
forts were made 10 secure the consideration OF
other bills. but they proved unsuccessful, and
when 1t was seen that the hlibustcring would
continue for the rest OF the afternoon, The
House at - p. m. adjourned
THE Senate was not in session on the 3D..
In the House, debate on the iron schedules oil
the Tariff bill prevailed. Mr.. Mcmillan moved
70 strike out the clause imposing a duty oil
eleven dollars a ton on SLABS and billets OF
steel and TO restore the present rate OF forty
five per cent. ad yalorem. Agreed To.
Mr.. Mckinley moved TO restore the ex-
istins rates on bar iron. After an
hours debate. the motion was lost
On motion OF Mr.. Breckenridge (Ark.)
duty OF four tcnths of cent per pound was
imposed on iron or steel fiat with longitudinal
rios for the manufacture OF fcncing Aconfer.
ence was ordered on the River and Harbor bhl.
and the House adjouratd
In the Senate, on the sth, message was re
ceived from the President giving his reasonsfor
refusing his signature 10 the pension bill In IA
vor Of Mary Doherty, which was evidently In
tended MS q reply to the report OF the senate
committee on pensions recently made. The
bill and message were referred TO the commit
tee on pensions, together with two other pen
sion vetoes ....ln the House the principal
business was discussion OF the Land Grant
Forfeiture bill 49,
THE Senate was not IN session on theGth.
In the House the passage OF the Land-oirant
Forfeiture bill and discussion on the Tarin bill
were the main features OF the days proceed
tngs. Several unimportant bills were con
sidered, some OF which were passed, ana the
House went into committee OF the whole on the
Tariff bill Proceedings wer conducted no
cording TO the will of the majority, and rapid
progress was made in the reading OF the BILL
THE Senate was not in session on the 'th.
49,. In the House, the Speaker laid before the
body various presidential yetoes OF private
pension bills, which were appropriately re-
ferred. The House then proceeded In the
morning hour TO the consideration Of measures
reported by the committee on military afairs,
and afterward went into committee OF the whole
on the Tariff bill, the pending amendment be-
ing that offered by Mr.. Cannon to the sugar
schedule, upon which a heated and lengthy dis
cussion occurred between Messrs. Kelley, OF
Pennsylvania, and Cannon, OF Illinois. each
supported by numerous other speakers, the
argument involving the proper Interpretation
Of the Chicago platform.
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The 18th Ry. at Peach Tree Greek.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: d. n. Sharp
Adjutant, 18th KY, claims my article on Peach
Tree Creek contains errors. 1t contains an
omission by which / have done an injustice to
the gallant 18th KY, though not Intentionally.
The brigade was large in number of regiments,
though weak in men. The 10th Wis. was so
reduced in men that the 10 companies were
consolidated into three under command of &
Captain. The brigade contained the regiments
he mentions, and he places them in the same
position that did, except that l had omitted
the 18th KY.
Col. NJ C. Taylor commanded the front line,
but Col. Arson g. McCook commanded the
whole brigade at the battieof Peach Tree Creek,
as Gen. Carlin was absent, and st. John w.
Thomas was killed. as stated, while rail- ying the
right Of the I04th III. His body was brought to
brigade headquarters that night and was buried
the next day. His brother, Maj Thomas, Of
the 18th KY, / think, came that night and saw
10 the burial Of his brothers body. TO show
you that my memory is not at fault quote
from Ohio in the War;" page %, which says:
" The ID Ohio took part in the battle of Peach
Tree Creek July q, 1864, when First Lieuten-
ant and Adpt John w. Thomas [acting ON the
staff Of the brigade commander) was killed
the last man Of the regiment to offer up his
life for the cause" The extract Is in error as
to the ID Ohio taking part in the battle as !
stated, they were guarding the train that
day; and also in the date of the battle, which
took place on the goth instead Of the 2lst.-W,
b. ROXY, Haigler, Neb.
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The snr at FREDERICK. Md.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In regard to
the rebel spy mentioned by Comrade e. w.
Locke in your issue of Dec. %, remember
that the fellow was captured in the camp of the
First Division, Cavalry Corps, near Frederick.
On being brought before Gen. Buford the pris-
oner was searched, aud on his person was found
a rough sketch of our camp, with memoran-
dun of the number of troops, horses, mules,
wagons and artillery, and the route we were
expected to take on our march. He was i'm
mediately escorted under guard by Mix, the
Provost Marshal, to division headquarters. And
while on the way there, suspecting that he had
got himself into bad scrape, he told very
plausible and pitiful story as to his poverty,
with wife and large family of small children
depending upon him for support. The Provost
Marshal listened very attentively until he was
all through, when, pointing out lone tree a
little to the left, ne quietly remarked: F." See
that tree over there +" Z" Yes" the Johnny saw
it. And Mr.. Mix smilingly assured him that
he would be hanging from that tree inside of
five minutes. On arriving at Buford's head
quarters the Provost stated the fellows case
producing the paper, found on him, and in
quired how the prisoner should be disposed Of
The General unused few moments; then, look
ing from the prisoner to Mix, he remarked :
"Well, if we send hin a prisoner up to Wash
ington, it's ten to one that he will be back in
side of month with a commission in his
pocket" He perused the paper again; the evil
dence was proof positive of the fellows char
acter, and the General said 81 guess you had
best hang him." And hang he did. to the same
tree that had already been pointed out to him.
The corpse remained hanging until our army
had all passed by, when the tree was hacked
down and carried off piecemeal by the Seces-
sionists of the neighborhood, as relics of a
martyr to the peculiar institutions of the South.
-JoHN KELLY, Troop f, I'd U. S. Cav, Chi
cago, Ill.
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stonemnn,s Nirht.Hamks.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In reading
your excellent paper for several years, have
never seen any account of that little squad of
men, know as Stonemans Night-Hawks.
What has become of band of $500 cavalry
and four pieces of the list KY. L. a. that left
Knoxville, Tenn, on the 18th day of March,
1865, with forlorn hope to march right in be-
tween the two great armies of R. E. Lee and
Joe Johnston when it was supposed they in
tended uniting their forces?
In all of the books and papers 7 have read
since the war have never seen full account
of that raid. l will lay in claim that it was
the longest and most successful raid that was
made during the war by the same number of
men. We passed through East Tennessee,
North Carolina ;tthen north into Virginia then
south across North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama then back near Knoxville.
am net prepared to give an official account
of it, but according to my diary we marched
5000 miles, and were in the saddle 70 daysand
received the name of Stoneman's Night Hawks
in North Carolina, where they said we never
halted to eat or sleep, which was as near the
truth as they could get. Our command was
composed of-First Brigade, 10Th Pa. Cav, 10th
Ohio Cav, 10th and 18th Mich. Cav; Second
Brigade, Kentucky cavalry; Third Brigade
East Tennessee cavalry.-G. w. LYMAN, Co. E.
18th Ohio Cav, CorWith, Iowa.
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Ths slst OhIo Il ChIek.m,ur..

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your paper
Of Nov. "a Col. nj. @. Hunter tells what he
thinks the SD Ind. did at Chicksmauga. In his
attempt to describe the opening of the battle
along Brannan's front on Sunday morning he
gives the reader the impression that the 18th
and 31st Ohio were literally swept from their
first position by an overwhelming force Of the
enemy that came from our front and he fur
Their says the 18th and 31st fed to the rear,
passing over the SD.
The so-called breastworks" occupied by the
31st Ohio on the morning of the Goth consisted
of rails, old logs, stumps, and perhaps q few
stones. This temporary line Of breastworks,
as Col. Hunter calls it, was finished in Is min
utes, think, from the time we began the work,
and when completed would hardly afford pro-
lection against the light ordnance Of an Ohio
quail hunter. Behind this line of rails and
rotten wood the 31st was formed in four ranks.
Now, wish to state what I know is q fact.
With plenty of ammunition and food, and with
a continuous line on our right, the 18th and
3lst Ohio could have held that position Just so
long as the enemy came up in our front. But
unfortunately for the 31st, we were much
nearer the gap made by Wood Withdrawing
from the line than was the SD Ind. This
infer from Col. Hunters statement, that the
SD was so yards to cur rear.-S. A. MCNEIL
Co. f, 31st Ohio, Richmond, o.
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The Battery at suffolk.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your issue
Of Dec. =, Serg't Murphy, Of the seth n Y,
undertakes TO correct Comrade Albertson, of
the 25th \. J., IN regard 70 taking battery at
Suffolk. Now, think that while Serg't Muir
ply is in the correction business he should try
to get it right The facts in the case are that
neither Of them are wrong. l happened TO be
an active participant in that little affair N.Y.
self Six companies Of the 9Th Conn. and four
companies Of the S9th were all the troops that
took any part in the capture of that little fort,
and instead Of wading ashore from the boat
that brought us across the river, the boat ran
ashore and gangplanks were thrown out and
the men all went of on them with but one ex-
ception, and he got stuck in the mud There
was but one man lost, and he was Corporal
in Co + Of the sth Conn. The boys Of the seth
went back across the river with the prisoners,
while the boys of the sth stayed and got the
guns and ammunition out Of the fort and
when the boat returned loaded the guns and
ammunition, and returned with our prize the
next morning. The S9th was as good fight
ing regiment as any in the service.-ALFRED
HoyEs, Co. A, 9Th Conn, New6eld, n. ].
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The slst No. At Fort BlakeIr.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1 wish to cor
rect some of the statements of Comrade James
g. Warren, Co. @, 9th Iowa, as to the 21st Mo.
at Fort Blakely.
Our brigade consisted Of the 21st Mo-, 10th
H., 69th Ind, 122d HI. and the 9th Ind. bat
terry, and furthermore, our regiment was de-
ployed as skirmishers before Fort Blakely. and
was the first in the fort; the other regiments in
our brigade were right In the rear of US, with
the 9th Ind. battery playing over our heads.
Our regiment was on the extreme left of the
Sixteenth Corps. Our regiment was the first
that.advanced in the rifle pits before Blakely,
and from the pits made the attack on the fort
and took it. There were seven killed and
wounded in our company. Our regiment was
commanded by Tom JEFF Kinney, and brave
man he was, as was also A. ]. Smith, our corps
COMMUNICATIONS MITCHELL, Quincy, III.
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Smiths GuerriiIas at Fort BlakeIy.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l have been
somewhat surprised to note that some corre-
spondent claims that Smiths Guerrillas did
not take part in the capture of Fort Blakely.
| was there, belonged TO Battery G. I'd Ill. L.
A., and distinctly remember what occurred.
After leaving Dauphins Island we moved to
Spanish Fork via Fish River. After getting
nicely at work at Spanish Fork, A. j. Smiths
whole command was ordered to Blakely. We
OF the artillery were placed in the rear, or
rather left in the rear, until the infantry could
throw up intrenchments for us at the front.
This they did, although constantly under the
fire of rebel artillery, who would taunt our
where is your artillery" TO which our boys
would respond, oh, we've enough of it back
here which we borrowed from you at Nash
VILE" About midnight one bright moonlight
night our artillery, consisting Of Sd Ind. bat
terry, 9th Ind battery and Battery g, I'd ILL.,,
were ordered to the front, where we moved
with wheels muffled with old rags in order to
prevent noise, and the batteries went into po-
sition. Between and o'clock in the morn
ing, and after we were nicely in position, the
rebels made charge UPON our picket-trenches
IN 'front.' coming over their breastWorks like a
swarm of bees We were prepared for them,
and dropped the shells from our Is guns d.
rectly among them, scattering death and de-
struction on every side. They turned their
faces and retreated over their works like a
flock of frightened sheep, and the yell that
went up from cur line could be heard for miles.
Then our boys would halloo to them, :" Ho,
Johnny! how do you like our artillery PHI.
B. SCOTT, Battery g, I'd Ill. Cav, Joliet, Ill.
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Mr.. NJ g. Hamlin, ons of the best known
Insurance men In North CaroIinA, writes
from Winston. ss follows: Ever sines
was seven years Of age have had What
the doctors call hip disease. and which /
i white swelling. Ny hip waa drawn
ont Of placs. There was n swelling Rt tbs
knee-joint, who're thers Is = profuse run
ming, which has been there for years %
course this haA greatly deplsted my SYs-
tenn, together with surgical operation on
the leg bone. tried avery known blood
purifier 70 build up my system. but none
did me good until took s g. g. 1 aas is
every spring. II always builds ne up,
giving me appetite and digestion, and ona-
bles noe to staad the long. trying, snsr-
waiting, hot summer days. To ne there IL
no such medicine for purifying the blood
and building up the wasted system a.
s S. s. On using it soon became strong
of body and easy Of mind. Ny eOlox
changed from pale, worn look 70
healthy, robust complexion"
Mr. G. N Frizzel, Of FarmsrsviIis,
Texas, writes About August Ist, 1865,
az eruption appeared on my arms and
legs. which panied me much and seemed
20 affect my physical condition generally.
On the advice OF physician At this plaes,
i finally commenced using Swifts Specific
I am glad to say that after using three
large bottles the sores have all healed"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. TIE SWIFT SPEcIgIc Co,
Drawer 8. Atlantis. GA
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COLD HARBoR.
A Revolver CATCHES a Bullet.

EDITOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Who found
my revolver 1t was lost on the battlefield of
Cold Harbor June 4, 1864, under the following
circumstances:
The writer was one of the number that made
the grand but fruitless charge all along the
line that pleasant Sabbath morning. The car
mage was fearful, and many strange incidents,
narrow escapes, etc, could be narrated, of
which the following may be worthy of notice:
Soon after mounting our breastworks, form
ing line, fixing bayonets and advancing at
double-quick, rebel bullet No. 1, after an unin-
terrupted aightof third of mile or more, was
caught by my navy revolver, remaining firmly
wedged between the hammer and BARREL safely
stopping it, but effectually running the shoot
ing qualities of the revolver. No. bullet cut
the top button from my dresscoat; No. passed
through my haversack, destroying cartridges
for the revolver and small hand glass, besides
perforating ration of salt pork and smearing
the same with powder from cartridges. Shot
No. cut away the strap of my hayersack.
At this stage of the proceedings the remnant
of our line had approached to within a short
distance of the rebel line, where we were
halted for the purpose of taking into considera-
ton the question whether it was advisable to
take Richmond just then or not. We remain
ed in this position until 8 p. M, when we were
ordered to fall back under cover of darkness.
While executing this manuver, the writer
fell headlong, losing the spiked revolver, and,
while attempting to recover the lost gun, bullet
No. 5 came on, striking MIN in the back of the
head, effectually ending the game.
a two hours rest from insensibility was fol-
lowed by ride from the field on stretcher !;
later being sent to Washington for repairs. and
eventually returning to the command and par
ticipating in the general roundup" at APP
pomattox.
A suitable reward will be paid for the lost re-
volver.-M. N. Cook, Sth N. Y. II. A., South
Byron N Y
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The 11th Pa. Cav.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I was much
pleased to see sketch of the 18th Pa Cav. in
your issue of Dec. l, 1887, and feel grateful to
Comrade Stratton for reviving old memories.
/ cannot but say q word in regard to where the
companies were formed. He is certainly right
in regard to Cos. A and III, but as to Co. I, it
was raised in Lancaster and York Counties.
The Captain, Daniel Herr, was from Columbia,
Lancaster Co.; the First Lieutenant, William
l. Reisinger, from York, Pa. The company
went from Columbia to Philadelphia. We were
short few men, which Lieut.. c. w. Butts, of
New Jersey. furnished, about 20 in all, and but
few Of them were from New jersey. As to Cos.
E and f. | will let them speak for themselves,
but think the comrade is mistaken.-D. w.
BALMER, Lieutenant Co. ], 18th Pa. Cav,
Elizabethtown, Pa.
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Was 1t Mr.. StOnel

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Some time
since saw published in the columns of your
paper a statement that the Hon. w. j. Stone,
Member of Congress from Kentucky, was
wounded in battle at Cynthiana, KY, June II,
1864. l wish to say through the columns of
your paper that was engaged in said battle,
and recollect very well going over the battle
field and finding wounded Confederate soldier,
to whom / gave some water from my canteen
and some provisions from my haversack, and
got a Surgeon of my company to take care of
him. My recollection is that one of said SOL
dier's legs was broken. think Mr.. Stone is
the man to whom / gave the sid.-DAvID
WHITE, Co. !, 18th Ky, Bradshaw, w. Va.