The National tribune., 1889-10-17

are the Bible and housewife, and the descrip-
ton he gives is correct, except as to the name,
which is w. III. Peel, Schooley's Riaemen.
These relics were given me by Mr. JOS w. Car
ter, of Richmond, Va, who, after the battle,
buried the body on which the Bible was found,
and presented the article TO me last Spring. II
any relative can prove the right TO them, will
cheerfully give them both"
J. F. Mccullough, Rosebud, Tex. says that
A. II. Furguson, Of his place, has pocketbOok
and three photos, which he obtained at Ring
gold Gap Ga, from wounded comrade John
Rogers. The comrade died in few minutes
after Furguson found him. On one photo was,
"John Rogers, Co. d, 10th Ohio" and on
another, Hattie Rogers" sn having been taken
at Newark. o.
Geo. w. Hess, Co. D, SD Ohio Cary, o., had
his knapsaek stolen at Jacksonville, Ind, in
January, 1864, while waiting for train.
Random Shots.
The veterans Of Bangor Pa, have adopted
resolutions condemnng the appointment of a
civilian as Postmaster at that place, when there
were several veterans of honorable service
candidates for the position. They say that
there has not been q veteran appointed to any
of tho important postoflices in the three adjoin-
ing Counties.
Riley Jcnes, Co. K, 18th Ind, Box "a, HUI
ron, Ind, says that while his regiment lay in
camp at MurfreesborO, in the Spring of 1868,
his company was detailed for picket duty on
the ReaderVille road, east Of-tOwn One night
there arose terrible eommotiOn. and one of
the sentinels began crying Murder" at the
top of his voice. When the members of the
company reached him he was nearly in a
spasm. It was discovered that he had been
badly frightened at some rabbits. He said
| there must have been hundreds of them about
him, and they looked as big as elephants.
Dennis Spurrier, Battery l., Ist Ind. II. A.,
Fort Wavpa nd or he and his
rades, while lying in their tents in park in
the northeast part of Mobile Ala, June ?, 1855,
| heard terrible explosion, which led them to
| think a fleet Of rebel gunboats must have come
| up the bay, aud was bombarding the city. There
were some men employed in storing captured
| ammunition i'll q building situated on the river
| front, and there were some four tons of loose
| powder in a room on the second door. The sup
| position is that these men were putting fuse
| shells into the lower story, carrying them TO
| the front door and rolling them into the room,
| and by mistake got hold of q percussion shell
and rolled it in against the others. when the
| percussion she'll bursting, ignited the powder,
and also set off the fuse shells The explosion
caused the destruction of buildings on all sides
| TO the extent of about four blocks. and alto
| gether 500 people-sOldiers, sailors and citi-
| zeus-were killed.
| John Shanes, Secretary, Co. K, 14th w. Va.
| Association, Blacksmith, W. Va, writes an in-
| teresting history of his company and regiment,
| giving the various battles and expeditions in
| which they took part, showing the number Of
men lost in the different engagements, besides
personal "reminiscences of his company. He
says that on Sept. IL, 1887, he killed the fatted
| calf and sent invitations to all his comrades
| whose whereabouts he knew of, and the rally
| was a grand one, the day we'll spent, and an
| organization of CO. X effected. IL was agreed
| to hold an annual Reunion. The third Reunion
| will take place shortly at the house of Ezra
| Skies, near JollytOwn, Pa, and he requests
| every man of the company to send the writer
| his address, in order to complete the roster
Willard Irwin, Conneaut, o., thinks THE
| NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the soldiers best friend.
| He has taken it ever since its infancy, and
says that those comrades who are not subSerib-
ers do not know how much they are losing.
John G. Hughes, Box 3i4, Seneca, Kan,
| thinks THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the OHlg
soldiers paper in the county. He has been a
subscriber to it for many years, and will be one
until no dies.
| Henry Iankman, Co. d, 5th Ind. Cav, Bin
gen, Iud wants to know what is tho matter
with the boys of the old 9th Ind. Cav. VIII
not someone blow his bugle and tell our readers
how they fought, bled, and died2
| A. g. Ranard Co. l, 22d Ind, Arthur, Oak,
says he was captured and taken to Anderson
| vile on July l. 1864, and has q very vivid
| recollection of his introduction to the place.
| He hopes that at the coming session of Con-
| gress pension will be- granted to every sur
| viynr Of rehai DriSnnS